I don't know why I am seeing advertisements for these sculptures, but $42,000 for a miniature nude sculpture? I could buy a minivan for that. I don't care how great this artist supposedly is, it seems like a huge waste of money.
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Daum Crystal Volupte by Lucien Gibert Limited Edition | Figurines | Daum Crystal | Crystal & Glassware | Tabletop | ScullyandScully.com
Sunday, January 31, 2021
Mary 1 vs Mary Queen of Scotts
The Tudor dynasty is one of the more famous, if not infamous, periods of British royalty. You can see the movie Elizabeth, its sequel Elizabeth The Golden Age, or the entertaining Tudors TV series about King Henry VIII.
This https://www.triviagenius.com/answer/who-was-the-first-reigning-queen-of-england/YBBlFhi0UIl_BpZe Trivia Genius post confuses Mary 1, sometimes called "Bloody Mary", with Mary Queen of Scotts as if they are the same person, going as far as making the outrageous statement, "who followed Mary's example by having Mary herself executed".
So I wrote them to explain the error.
Friday, January 29, 2021
Fwd: Systems
As I posted this to Facebook I touched up the working a little and added a sentence to the end.
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From: John Coffey <
Date: Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 10:54 PM
Subject: Systems
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From: John Coffey <
Date: Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 10:54 PM
Subject: Systems
To:
The "Solar System" is a "system" consisting of at least eight planets, many dwarf planets, dozens of moons, millions of asteroids and comets, all bound together by the gravity of a large central star.
The Milky Way Galaxy is a system of up to 400 billion stars, stellar nurseries, rotating arms, and a large black hole in the middle that helps hold everything together, again with gravity. Our galaxy is so large with such a large gravitational attraction that it has 1 or 2 other smaller galaxies that orbit around it, and these together also form a system. Groups of galaxies form Galactic Clusters where their mutual gravitational attraction binds them together. The entire universe consists of spiderweb-like strings of galaxies formed theoretically by Dark Matter.
A single atom is also a system, consisting of a large electron cloud bound to a small central nucleus by the electromagnetic force. The nucleus is also a system consisting of protons and neutrons held together by the strong nuclear force, but each of these is a system consisting of three quarks held together also by the strong nuclear force. Groups of atoms form molecules, held together by the electromagnetic force. Large groups of like molecules and atoms form chemicals, coalescing into substances, and these can be combined in different ways to make the materials that everything is made out of.
Your body consists of many different systems working in tandem, but each cell is a very complex system by itself, like a microscopic chemical factory.
The planet Earth also consists of many different systems keeping the whole thing going.
With so many systems from the supergalactic to the subatomic, it gives the impression that there is some sort of design behind it all. It could be that it is just the emergent property of matter and energy along with the laws of physics to form more complex systems.
Systems
The "Solar System" is a "system" consisting of at least eight planets, many dwarf planets, dozens of moons, millions of asteroids and comets, all bound together by the gravity of a large central star.
The Milky Way Galaxy is a system of up to 400 billion stars, stellar nurseries, rotating arms, and a large black hole in the middle that helps hold everything together, again with gravity. Our galaxy is so large with such a large gravitational attraction that it has 1 or 2 other smaller galaxies that orbit around it, and these together also form a system. Groups of galaxies form Galactic Clusters where their mutual gravitational attraction binds them together. The entire universe consists of spiderweb-like strings of galaxies joined theoretically by Dark Matter.
A single atom is also a system, consisting of a large electron cloud bound to a small central nucleus by the electromagnetic force. The nucleus is also a system consisting of protons and neutrons held together by the strong nuclear force, but each of these is a system consisting of three quarks held together also by the strong nuclear force. Groups of atoms form molecules, held together by the electromagnetic force. Large groups of like molecules and atoms form chemicals, coalescing into substances, and these can be combined in different ways to make the materials that everything is made out of.
Your body consists of many different systems working in tandem, but each cell is a very complex system by itself, like a microscopic chemical factory.
The planet Earth also consists of many different systems keeping the whole thing going.
With so many systems from the supergalactic to the subatomic, it gives the impression that there is some sort of design behind it all.
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Grammar Guide: Using Bare Infinitives | Word Genius
Some grammar rules that I had no idea about ...
Sunday, January 24, 2021
10 Story Fantasy v01n01 (1951 Spring) (Tawrast EXciter)
This 1948 story, published in 1951, by Author C Clarke was the inspiration for 2001 A Spacey Oddysey. It does not seem like a particularly good story, but it is a start.
Sunday, January 17, 2021
What Are Irregular Verbs? | Word Genius
It has been a long time since school. Nice to have the refresher. This gets more complicated in Spanish and many other languages that have much more verb conjugations than English.
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Monday, November 16, 2020
Saturday, November 7, 2020
Fwd: Needle felting Cat // Making video //By Wakuneco.
This is unbelievable that people can do this. Although I am impressed by the artistic skill, I think that it looks kind of creepy.
Sunday, November 1, 2020
Saturday, October 31, 2020
How Large is the Universe? Bigger than you can Imagine?
The universe that we can see is so large that it might as well be infinite. Our little solar system is like a speck of dust by comparison. That part of the universe that we can't see may actually be infinite, but we might never know.
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Pet rat grieves loss of his sick brother
Interesting that an animal like this can have such emotion.
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Adults Can't Seem To Answer These Math Problems Without A Calculator. Can You? | Finance Republic
I saw this quiz on Facebook. There is always stuff like this on Facebook.
The toughest problem was a single 2 digit by 2 digit multiply. I can do these in my head, but it takes effort.
My one difficulty is that I'm always looking for shortcuts to solve problems in my head when sometimes it is best to just stick to basic arithmetic.
This seems more like an exercise in attentiveness than math because it would be easy to slip up and get one of the answers wrong.
https://www.financerepublic.com/adults-cant-seem-to-answer-these-math-problems-without-a-calculator.-can-you
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Features English is missing - but most other languages have
Some, if not most, languages have many more variations on verb tenses, as well as more variations on pronouns. This imparts more meaning, but English uses helper words.
Saturday, October 17, 2020
Friday, October 16, 2020
Hiking accidents
I used to hear about accidents like this all the time while living in Utah. Many people went hiking in the mountains and accidents happen.
There was a young couple at my work, Trent and Alexis Pabst, who went hiking to the top of a mountain when a storm moved in. They were killed by lightning. I noticed the very dark storm clouds from a distance as I was driving home from work, and the next morning one of the secretaries at work was in tears.
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Best wishes,
John Coffey
John Coffey
On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 10:33 AM Albert Nelms <wrote:
2020 irony: Some people will not live long enough to die from Covid-19. Wear your mask anyway.
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Monday, October 5, 2020
Remembering César Pelli’s lost mark on the Midwest
I was 11 or 12 when they built the Commons mall. I loved it. They tore most of it down and turned it into offices. There is still a restaurant and a small "Commons" area with a children's playground.
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Pac-Man California Lottery Scratchers! Can I win $1,000,000! - YouTube
Lotteries are a complete waste of money...
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Unusual photos that cannot be explained by science
This stuff is clickbait. Unfortunately, it caught my attention and wasted my time because it is kind of interesting.
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Friday, September 4, 2020
How Hard Can You Hit a Golf Ball? (at 100,000 FPS) - Smarter Every Day 216
Not everyone would be interested, but what happens when you hit a golf ball at 500 MPH?
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Egypt
People began to settle Egypt about 10,000 B.C. These people learned to grind grains while mostly abandoning their hunter-gatherer lifestyle. This is technically the beginning of the Neolithic ("New Stone Age") period, where humans first learned how to use grains. Coming out of the previous period of glaciation, 15,000 years ago, the climate in the Fertile Crescent, which included the Nile River, became ideal for farming,
There is a small amount of evidence of cattle usage going back to 8,000 BC, but this didn't really get going until about 4,500 BC. During this period there were locally ruled cities along the entire length of the Nile. Eventually, there would be northern and southern kingdoms, which were untied by force in 3,100 BC, and this began the dynastic period of the Pharaohs.
Egypt was conquered by the Persians in 525 BC and conquered again by Alexander the Great in 332 BC. This continued till 30 BC when they were conquered by the Romans. Egypt began shifting to Christianity. During the late Roman period from the 4th to 6th centuries, they would be ruled by the Byzantine Empire, which had split from the Roman Empire. In 640 AD Egypt was conquered by the Muslims. It would be conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1517 and conquered by the Napolean Bonaparte (the French) in 1798. Egypt was conquered by the British in 1882 and remained under their control until 1954 when the Egyptian Republic was established.
Egypt is one of the oldest examples of farming and human civilization.
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Best wishes,
John Coffey
http://www.entertainmentjourney.com
There is a small amount of evidence of cattle usage going back to 8,000 BC, but this didn't really get going until about 4,500 BC. During this period there were locally ruled cities along the entire length of the Nile. Eventually, there would be northern and southern kingdoms, which were untied by force in 3,100 BC, and this began the dynastic period of the Pharaohs.
Egypt was conquered by the Persians in 525 BC and conquered again by Alexander the Great in 332 BC. This continued till 30 BC when they were conquered by the Romans. Egypt began shifting to Christianity. During the late Roman period from the 4th to 6th centuries, they would be ruled by the Byzantine Empire, which had split from the Roman Empire. In 640 AD Egypt was conquered by the Muslims. It would be conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1517 and conquered by the Napolean Bonaparte (the French) in 1798. Egypt was conquered by the British in 1882 and remained under their control until 1954 when the Egyptian Republic was established.
Egypt is one of the oldest examples of farming and human civilization.
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Best wishes,
John Coffey
http://www.entertainmentjourney.com
Sunday, August 30, 2020
Friday, August 28, 2020
Alexandre Dumas - Wikipedia
The Google Doodle is devoted to Alexandre Dumas, who wrote The Count of Monte Cristo, and The Three Musketeers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Dumas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Dumas
Sunday, August 23, 2020
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Second Oldest Trick in Sleight of Hand
This guy is funny and amazing. I watched this 4 times I was so impressed.
Saturday, August 15, 2020
Days of the week
'There is one major theme that binds together all the days of the week—all of them are named after gods. Furthermore, out of the seven days of the week, six of the days are named after Germanic and Norse gods.
Sunday is named after the Germanic sun goddess Sunna. Monday is named after the Germanic moon god, Máni. Tuesday is named after the Norse god of combat, Týr. Wednesday is named after Germanic god and soul-tender, Woden. Thursday is named after the Norse god of thunder, Thor. Finally, Friday is named after the Norse goddess of foresight and wisdom, Frigg.
This leaves us with Saturday, the only day of the week whose name cannot be traced back to either Germanic or Norse deities. It's the only day of the week that retains its Roman origin in English and is named after the Roman god Saturn. As it stands, Saturday is "Saturn's Day", which is a far more noble name than we would have had if we had retained the old Norse designation—Saturday would instead be laugardagr or, literally, "washing-day".'
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