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Today was the day of my now every-other-week radio science column, so I was writing it (on hypnosis–it’ll be posted here tomorrow) this morning…after I held an audition for someone for the musical revue I’ll be directing for Regina Lyric Light Opera this fall. I did just a little bit of revising of Excalibur Reforged …

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A Russian investigator claims he’s found pieces of extraterrestrial technology at the site of the 1908 Tunguska explosions James Oberg has his doubts.

…is because life can be found pretty much everywhere on Earth, even in the most inhospitable places.

Harboring doubts about the 60 Minutes memos being forgeries? Read this.

But it’s not a miracle–it’s just very, very small.

Still plugging away at Bedlam’s Bard this week–and, I confess, enjoying it more than I did to begin with. Part of my problem with it was that the shape of the plot seemed all wrong for the thickness of the book, which resolved itself when I realized it’s really two short novels, not one. But …

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Here’s a new, promising approach to mosquito control: interfere with the pests’ ability to metabolize cholesterol.

This is easy: no writing today! All I did was get SF Canada receipts and membership cards out, hang around my mother-in-law’s house waiting for some movers to come move a piece of furniture, and read blogs. Hey, not every day can be a winner.

NASA says many, if not all, of Genesis’s science goalsshould be salvageable. Good news!

It seems likely.

Wouldn’t you love to spend a few hours just enjoying the view from this window?

A quick entry: yesterday I prepared and delivered a proposal to write a book on the history of engineering and geoscience projects in Saskatchewan, and did some work on Razor Wind. That was about it!