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Monday, April 16, 2012

The Significance of Butterflies Part 2

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I still can’t get over why, year after year, the butterflies at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s “Butterfly Jungle” seem to alight on m...
Friday, April 13, 2012

The Significance of Butterflies Part 1

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A Blue Morpho checks out my hat Every year, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park brings in a selection of butterflies.  And every year we ...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Stephen Hawking and “The Big Bang Theory”

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In the March 30, 2012 issue of “Entertainment Weekly,” an article heralded two special cameos in upcoming episodes of the popular sitcom.  ...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Steampunk on Earth and Barsoom Part 2

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All fiction is a way of taking our minds off the issues of today.  Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance: any flavor of fiction can gi...
Monday, April 9, 2012

Steampunk on Earth and Barsoom Part 1

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One dealer's unsold Steampunk apparel on the final day of Condor The theme of this year’s Condor was “Men in Black,” as Guest ...
Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Woola (and Marley) and Me

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Growing up, it seems like I always had a pet.  Whether it was a bird, a fish, or a guinea pig, my parents must have felt as if looking afte...
Friday, March 30, 2012

Actors, Heroes, and Ambition

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Disney’s “John Carter” delighted me by reuniting Julius Caesar with Mark Antony.  Or at least it reunited Ciaran Hinds and James Purefoy, w...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Edgar Rice Burroughs of Mars

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Edgar Rice Burroughs’ original novel may be titled A Princess of Mars , but the author does not center his story upon heroine Dejah Th...