tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42054460031703028042024-03-21T16:51:56.072-04:00Wander BlahgThoughts on the the fascinating banal, the precious everyday, the Mundane Realm we currently occupy. (Mundane - Of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere.)zoetreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10021623462730094875noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205446003170302804.post-31804015805017754862009-10-03T12:43:00.002-04:002009-10-03T12:50:16.491-04:00Space LanesHere's a link to an intriguing article on invisible corridors through space caused by the gravitational influence between celestial bodies.
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/091002-technovelgy-space-lanes.html
The ideas this phenomena has inspired have already been put to use by Science Fiction writers, but the article points out that although these corridors provide great fuel efficiencyzoetreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10021623462730094875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205446003170302804.post-84386714579091481322009-07-19T09:05:00.003-04:002009-07-19T09:36:34.760-04:00A Fan StillThis is the longest I have waited to see a new Harry Potter movie. Three and a half days. This is the first movie release since the last book, Deathly Hallows, and I wondered if I would be as keen about it as I have been in the past. I no longer check the Leaky Cauldron daily; nor do I listen to every PotterCast as soon as it comes out. I decided I was okay with the idea of just being calm and zoetreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10021623462730094875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205446003170302804.post-73902432495660739152009-07-01T14:38:00.011-04:002009-07-01T20:20:57.881-04:00Third Sunrise this WeekA fin. Just one. But I think it's a dolphin, the way it arcs the middle part of it's body over and into the water. Can't see the head or the tail. I hope it is a dolphin because it's not very far out. It's probably partaking of the fish we see jumping up and plopping into the water about the same distance out.I was thinking of staying in and watching the sunrise from my bed/couch, but the urge tozoetreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10021623462730094875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205446003170302804.post-62026909400053481032008-12-29T08:02:00.000-05:002008-12-29T10:13:21.803-05:00Gaza, OPEC, and Putin. Oh my. What's a gas-dependent population to do?Here's a lovely headline: "Oil jumps above $40. . ." Been wondrin' when that was going to happen. There had already been reports on OPEC decisions to reduce production. Then enter the Gaza attacks. And why would that affect oil prices? Fear that any conflict in the good old Middle East will hinder supply, says one analyst, though same analyst also says he doubts it actually will be disrupted. zoetreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10021623462730094875noreply@blogger.com1