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Three Propositions For Which I Have Doubts
The speed of light is six trillion miles per year.
The universe is thirteen and a half billion years old.
The speed of light cannot be exceeded within the space of
our universe by any physical object originally propelled
by any purely physical means.
our universe by any physical object originally propelled
by any purely physical means.
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Each day Just a short time after she eats her morning meal Eva goes out (with me as her escort) to the back deck to check out all of the existing new and exciting scents that hang in the air and then drift in from out over the desert. To watch over this land, her home range, her domain, is Eva's instinctive job, her solemn duty, her main responsibility. And she does it well.
On one of those recent mornings, I grabbed up my little camera and snapped a quick shot.
Sunrise Over Mountains
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Later, around noon, I went out for a walk down Calle de Valle and turned right (west) onto Fort Lowell Road then continued on over to Malopomene. At the juncture of Fort Lowell and Conestoga Avenue, I espied a large house that is seemingly supplementing its commercial electric power.
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WORDS FOR TODAY
proposition
Noun
A statement or assertion that expresses a judgment or opinion.
juncture
Noun
A place where things join.
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BORN ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Birthday: December 6, 1924
Death Date: Feb 15, 1973
Death Date: Feb 15, 1973
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Died: April 30, 1974
Died: April 30, 1974
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Birthday: December 6, 1870
Death Date: Jun 23, 1946
Death Date: Jun 23, 1946
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Hart went on to become one of the first great stars of the motion picture western. Fascinated by the Old West, he acquired Billy the Kid's "six shooters" and was a friend of legendary lawmen Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson.
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Date of death: May 30, 1916
Date of death: May 30, 1916
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It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.
--Ambrose Bierce
--Ambrose Bierce
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