Keeping Up With The Sun

August 30, 2009

I was driving across Indiana and Ohio yesterday when I asked myself a nerdy question: how fast would I have to drive to keep up with the Sun so that it was always at the same point in the sky? If you've ever been curious about this as well, keep reading; I'm about to figure [...]

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The Impotent Ones

July 22, 2009

At first, we did not know if we should come back. Our memories of you were, after all, laden with guilt. We did not want to face you, even when we knew that our neural serums had erased your every recollection of us.
We considered broadcasting to Earth via your television or radio devices,  but ultimately [...]

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The Ethics Of "Whale Wars"

June 27, 2009

I recently came across a show on Animal Planet called "Whale Wars". The program follows the crew of the MV Steve Irwin as they attempt to impede Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. The Japanese, however, say that their activities are legal because they only kill whales for scientific research, which is allowed [...]

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Starting From Scratch

June 16, 2009

Every once in a while, people start over. Sometimes it's because they want to, other times it's because they have to. This situation is a bit of both.
At heart, what I want most for this website is for it to reflect my real-world self. So just as my physical identity is transitioning into adulthood, so [...]

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