Tag: Earth
The Fourth Kind | a frank discussion and review
This weekend was an extra-terrestrial movie double header…but not of the District 9 type. Rather, despite the ‘fiction’ label on the DVD box, I took a deeper look at the realities of the paranormal and prophecy. This discussion will span the next several posts here on ‘a New Life’. The first film was ‘The Fourth…
Read MoreSTS-51L Challenger Tragedy | 25 Years Today
Twenty-five years ago this very morning (at age 6) I was sitting on a tile floor in the hallway of Martin Elementary School in Seekonk, Massachusetts watching history unfold in real-time. This school assembly followed a series of classroom lessons about space – our solar system, the moon, and exploration. As the world turns, it often takes…
Read MoreI’m thankful that it’s ‘Turkey Day’, I think…
Another Thanksgiving Holiday is upon us here in the US. Put aside the parades, football games, and getting fat in front of the boob tube, and we just might re-discover the roots of this indulgent holiday, and begin to understand that we may need to give thanks in a much, much bigger way for Mother…
Read Moreevolution or devolution & a case for superhumans
Homo sapiens have walked planet Earth for some 250,000 years plus or minus some reasonable margin of error in evolutionary history. On one hand, we might argue that we have evolved and are continuing to evolve as a species, in response to current environmental, social, and behavioral stimuli. On the other hand, one might argue…
Read MoreBlind Descent | book review
James Tabor’s recent 2010 book entitled ‘Blind Descent’ chronicles two parallel efforts to find the deepest places on Planet Earth…recognized widely as the last terrestrial frontier – supercaves. The book starts by showcasing some of the more significant pushes over the past several decades by Bill Stone in Mexico. Stone’s work accounts for the majority…
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