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May 2015

May 14, 2015

Will The Vatican Let Teilhard de Chardin Help Save The Church?

Does the name Teilhard de Chardin give you the willies? When you saw it in...

April 2015

April 29, 2015

In The Vastness Of Space, The Speed Of Light Is Kinda Slow…

Punch it, Chewie! I said punch it, you big hair ball. What's taking so...

April 29, 2015

A Landslide Of Biblical Proportions…

The incident of liquefaction below was captured on tape back in February, 2010. It reminds...

July 2014

July 29, 2014

Source of Global Climate Change Found (And It Almost Killed Us All)!

The New York Post, and a few other news outlets, are now running the story...

June 2014

June 02, 2014

Miraculous Proof That God Loves Mustangs More Than Camaros…

See what God did there? Toldja! Sing it, Wilson.

April 2014

April 08, 2014

Geocentricism Documentary Is Swallowed By A Black Hole of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!

It turns out the film makers duped a number of folks into being "interviewed,"...

March 2014

March 20, 2014

A Funny Thing I Noticed About “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey” UPDATED

Have you been watching the show? Perhaps I should rephrase that to, "Did you...

March 14, 2014

How Do You Scare An English Major? Like This…

Just give 'em some π. But what you see above is the hard way to...

December 2013

December 30, 2013

Cthulhu Sees You When You’re Sleeping; He Knows When You’re Awake

He knows if you've been bad, or good. So be good for goodness sake. Because...

July 2013

July 29, 2013

My Lower Air Conditioning Bills Explained: HOLE IN THE SUN!!!

If this was a Star Trek episode, we'd actually think it was incumbent upon us...

July 08, 2013

RealClearScience Discovers the Science Behind NFP…

Remember when Joe Six-Pack explained it using knowledge learned in basic electricity class? No, I'm...

June 2013

June 11, 2013

Now That We Can Cut A Record On A Beer Bottle…

we need to fully fund our deep exploration space programs again. Here's why. Remember Voyager...

May 2013

May 07, 2013

We Live On An Unusual Planet In An Unusual Solar System. That’s Two “Unusuals.”

Yesterday, I was going on about the Sun. Today, Robert Krulwich, of NPR's science desk,...

May 06, 2013

What’s The Sun Got To Do With That Weird Weather We’ve Been Having?

I don't know, but it's completely out of our hands. Maddening, isn't it? Just add...

March 2013

March 26, 2013

The Big Ball of Flame Up in the Sky Throws a Beautiful Fit

Here's another post by your Sun crazy blogger. There was a little black spot on...

March 12, 2013

Because I Love Bacon…

Sure, I eat it sparingly, but I do enjoy the sounds, smells, and tastes of...

February 2013

February 20, 2013

Making the Connection Between the Pill and Water Pollution

So what does a playwright, TV writer, and author know about water pollution and heightened...

January 2013

January 04, 2013

Scientific Proof that The Blessed Virgin Mary is “Blessed for All Generations” UPDATED

Joe Six-Pack here. You know, I've said it often in this space that Catholics can...

December 2012

December 09, 2012

Thoughts on the Sanctity of Life Triggered by Seeing the Film “Lincoln” on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception

How does one believe in the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and then...

December 06, 2012

The Guttmacher Institute Gets Gutshot by the Kid

Remember the bratpack cowboy flick Young Guns? Emilio Estevez played the part of Billy "the...

November 2012

November 18, 2012

Explore 100,000 Stars (Because Catholics Can Dig Science)

Yes, it is just what you needed. A three-dimensional star map of the Milky Way...

November 17, 2012

The Sun Continues To Be Uncontrolled By Us, Throws Out Another Mass Ejection

We ought to write a law or something. Put some lobbyists to work on curbing...

October 2012

October 22, 2012

Time-Lapse Video of the Space Shuttle Moving Through L.A.

It doesn't get much cooler than this. Let's just say that my hat is off...

October 16, 2012

When They Make A Movie About The Man Who Fell To Earth…

The lead will be played by Mark Wahlberg. Or at least he should get the...

October 04, 2012

A 1,000 Mile Per Hour Car? Let’s Do It!

I'm a sucker for gearhead related stuff like this. Slap four wheels on something that...

August 2012

August 26, 2012

Neil Armstrong and the Landing of the “Eagle” UPDATED

Over at Mental Floss, there's a great recap of the life and career of Neil...

August 04, 2012

Curiosity’s 7 Minutes of Terror!!! (Because Catholics Can Dig Science)

It doesn't get much cooler than this... Those guys know how to make a great...

May 2012

May 31, 2012

When Galaxies Collide! Perhaps We Should Start Panicking Now?

We interrupt your normal fears and insecurities with a scary story that our best...

May 02, 2012

There Are Zombies (For Reals!), and They are Ants…

The photograph above is creepy, ain't it? But seeing as how the researchers don't say...

March 2012

March 15, 2012

Riding the Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters (Because Catholics Dig Science)

Way back at the end of January and into early February, I was pretending to...