The last Ice Age, around 110,000 to 11,700 years ago, part of a larger pattern of glacial and interglacial periods known as the Quaternary Glaciation (c. 2,588,000 years to the present), was a time of desperate hardship interspersed with occasional short-term warming periods. During the longer periods of darkness and bone-chilling cold, humans and ( Read more... )

Twas the eve of the morning, all cultists do dread When the yammering, vile young ones all climb out of bed ( Read more... )

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May all of you have a Christmas filled with joy, love, warmth, and abundance, and may the coming new year be the best ever.

Whether it's seasonal affective disorder, memories, or, heaven help me, astrology (the transiting Sun always opposes my natal Moon and Saturn, and squares my natal Sun and Neptune beginning at the Winter Solstice and going through December 27th), this is a horrible time of year for me. A lot of it comes from the fact that I grew up among upper- ( Read more... )

Apropos of nothing, for some reason this morning I began wondering if it were possible to get conspiracy theorists, many of whom are Greens, to embrace the idea that brontosauri need federal protection as an endangered species, and that there's a conspiracy to keep that from happening. You have to admit, it would be the best laugh any federal ( Read more... )

Mannheim Steamroller - 'Joy To The World' - YouTube

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Today was gorgeous. The sky was a brilliant blue, with some big, fluffy cumuli on the horizon but not threatening rain, the air was clean and crisp, and there were mild, cool breezes that offset the heat. A true Summer day ( Read more... )