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Good provincialism

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Posted on July 31, 2010 in Blogosphere, Texana

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Iowahawk on the Volt: Infantile ads

Posted on July 30, 2010 | Comments Off on Iowahawk on the Volt: Infantile ads

Nevermind the $41,000 pricetag. Government Motors’ new Chevy Volt irks car-nut Iowahawk just for its cheesy advertising. “See the U.S.A., etc.” this is not. Buy a Ford, he says, for better songs. Me, I’ll stick with Honda, and skip the ads altogether.

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Posted in Blogosphere, Obamalot, Science/Engineering, Scribbles

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U.S.S. Monitor

Posted on July 29, 2010 | Comments Off on U.S.S. Monitor

ussmonitorLovely old (very old) photo of the Monitor taken sometime after its fight with the Merrimack/Virginia in Hampton Roads in 1862. Latest photo at my new book blog, Knoxville 1863, which is coming along slowly. Moving a bit faster is my other new blog 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, focused on the historical artifacts and new interpretations of my great grandfather’s old outfit. Lots of work, three blogs, but lots of fun, too.

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Posted in Blogosphere, Civil War, Library, Site building

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Hubble bubble

Posted on July 29, 2010 | Comments Off on Hubble bubble

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“Now it is also possible that our entire observable Universe is a Hubble bubble, but that really flies in the face in all of cosmology. It is unfounded, absurd, and really the whole idea of a Hubble bubble may explain dark energy, but is hardly a very good explanation.”

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Posted in Blogosphere, Obsessions, Science/Engineering, Space

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Bugs Bunny is Seventy

Posted on July 28, 2010 | Comments Off on Bugs Bunny is Seventy

Huh? He doesn’t look a day over sixty-five. He is, after all, a veteran of the Pacific War, “nipping the Nips” in World War II. Here’s a previous birthday flicker with Elmer Fudd, Sylvester, and Yosemite Sam. So, what’s up, Doc?

Via Sullivan’s Travelers.

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Posted in Blogosphere, Library, Scribbles

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Knoxville 1863 review

Posted on July 26, 2010 | Comments Off on Knoxville 1863 review

My Israeli friend “Snoopy the Goon” (he prefers anonymity on the Web) has written a nice review of my Civil War historical battle novel and posted it on his blog with links to the Amazon sales page and the book’s new blog, “Knoxville 1863, the novel.”

Thanks, Snoop. Considering that you don’t normally like military history (and that you even had to Google Tennessee to see where Knoxville was), I admire your persistence and I’m very pleased that you enjoyed the story.

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Posted in Blogosphere, Civil War, Israel, Library

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Rule 5 rocks

Posted on July 25, 2010 | Comments Off on Rule 5 rocks

Indeed, one pic of the voluptuous and demonstrably-cute young French singer-exhibitionist Alizee, has brought me in the neighborhood of five hundred hits in the past three days alone.

As the embodiment (so to speak) of blogger Stacy McCain’s Rule 5, that is not a surprise. However, she still has a ways to go to beat out my previous (and ongoing) hit-makers, Lake Travis in drought, Port Aransas from the air, and Miles Austin’s girlfriend. Nevertheless, I’m grateful, both to Rule 5 and the fetching Ms. Alizee. Have a nice day, dear. You deserve it.

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Posted in Blogosphere, Rule 5, Scribbles, Texana

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