…was technically: “Have you checked the basement?” Which is not only a very boring sentence, but one that will not appear in the finished book–because shortly after I wrote it, I realized I had taken a seriously wrong turn in my plot about four scenes back. So instead of writing new material today, I was …
The Selkies descended into the streets of Hansen’s Harbor at first light.Current word count: 62, 556New words this session: 984Percentage of novel completed: 62.5
More photos here.
Bob McDonald, director of membership and legal services for the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan,, recently tipped me to the strange case of a Dr. Carefoot, disciplined by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Province of Saskatchewan in the 1920s for diagnosing and treating patients using an Abrams Machine. “A …
…but weren’t sensitive enough to detect it. Turns out the Viking instruments can’t even detect life on Earth!
A while ago I wrote a column called “Extraordinary Engineering.” Among the mega-engineering projects I mentioned were the Palm and World Islands, off the coast of Dubai. As I wrote: The Palm Islands are two artificial islands, 4.8 kilometres offshore, being built in the shape of giant palm trees, with “trunks” eight kilometers long and …
…as a University of Central Florida physics professor has done–is a silly game. As if people who believe in ghosts and vampires in the first place are going to be put off by scientific arguments to the contrary. It’s like saying magic can’t exist because it’s not science. Well, no, it’s not, but that’s the …
“Don’t go anywhere,” the guard growled, then coughed and kept on coughing, so hard he ended up leaning against the doorjamb for support, holding his rifle loosely in his right hand, coughing into his clenched left fist. Current word count: 61,572New words this session: 844Percentage of novel completed: 61.5
The morning view out one of the windows in my new office, looking a bit north of east. More photos here.
…has supplanted “spider goats” as the top search term bringing people to my main web site. Here are the top 15 search terms from the past 4,000 visits: 37 physics of football36 time perception26 spider goat20 hygiene hypothesis19 how to paint cars19 golf technology19 animal intelligence16 rogue waves14 science of soccer13 plant communication13 animal emotions12 …
…when you’ve got radiation?
My new workspace, after the big move. Doesn’t look too bad, does it? You should see the part of the room that’s out of frame, though… More photos here.
