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Still blooming three months later.

Posted on February 7, 2018February 7, 2018by Don

Measuring time with pictures December 16, 2018
What calendars are available for 2019? Let’s see: Hozuki no Reitetsu, with goldfish plants. Girls und Panzer, cherry blossoms and tanks. Yurucamp, camping for introverts. There’s also Hatsune Miku. There are lots of choices for fans of vocal synthesis: this, this and this. Plus this. And this, and several more at Amazon.com. There are many […]
The dumping of the links December 13, 2018
Let’s get rid of links, some of them old and starting to smell, beginning with a couple of quotes for a windy Thursday: Charles G. Hill: The more I see of what passes for democracy these days, the more ardently I embrace monarchism. R.R. Reno: Political honesty means telling the voters who you are and […]
Coming soon to a sky near you December 10, 2018
Comet 46P/Wirtanen will be cruising by our planet later this month: Ranked in terms of distance from Earth, this will be the 20th closest approach of a comet dating as far back as the ninth century A.D., and the tenth closest approach since 1950. The minimum distance between 46P and the Earth (perigee) will be […]