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I’m asking for advice on cat dynamics. I’m gong to explain the cats and the situation involved in detail, and the specific question is below the cut. Here’s the situation. Mike and I have two cats. One is a female, … Continue reading →

I admit I don’t spend much time thinking about Robert Heinlein, but when I do, I always have the same reaction, which is that shivery “Bleach! Get it off me!” response that the bug-phobic have to spiders and cockroaches. There’s … Continue reading →

Renee at Womanist Musings has had a nephew die. My sympathies are with her and her family. Womanist Musings is accepting contributions to pay for the burial; there’s a donor box on the upper-left corner of the blog, and any … Continue reading →

Trigger warning: graphic descriptions of medical procedures. As my Facebook friends are no doubt sick of hearing, I have a blocked tear duct. Turns out you really need your tear ducts! Give them a hug, because they are important! If … Continue reading →

So I’ve been keeping a worm bin (a compost bin that uses worms to turn food scraps into fertilizer) for about two years now. For the first year or so, I kept the bin in the garage, but that made … Continue reading →

To read the rest of my launch pad posts, click here. We spent the morning playing with images in an astronomy program that you can download for free if you, also, would like to spend your morning playing with images … Continue reading →

When we talked about planetary formation, we said Jovial planets were far out. But when we started looking around the universe, the first planets we found were Jovial planets near stars. They’re called hot Jupiters. They’re puzzling. We don’t exactly … Continue reading →

This is one of the fastest changing fields, so you can’t stay up to date from text books. Mike’s online resources on exoplanets, including videos and video lectures There’s also a website with a list of all the different kinds … Continue reading →

The Fermi paradox starts with discussions at the manhattan project. One day when extra-terrestrials came up, Fermi asked, “Where are they?”

To see the rest of my Launch Pad posts, click here. OK, let’s get back to the destruction of the Earth.