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For a variety of reasons I’m allied with the notion that space is finite and discrete. Both of you that follow my blog know that we’ve already discovered that there are “holes” in the CMB; now they’ve got an alternative to the “flat” space geometry that has held sway to date, namely the Poincare Dodecahedral Space Model. […]

Wunjo, pronounced vun-yoh, is the rune of joy, peaceful winning, and wishes fulfilled. I drew this rune after a rebirth at a solstice ritual. It is one of the few unambiguously “good” runes in the Elder Futhark, and it surprised and delighted me as portents are seldom so clear and kind. Here’s hoping it holds true.

Being something of a Void devotee, I’m always on the lookout for new nothing, or bigger nothing. Heck, I can even get pretty exited by a big hole in the ground. I try to remain aware of the little nothings, but after a while all those absences just lack that certain je ne sais rien.
So of […]

The solstice is upon us, and in discussing it with some folks online I realized people have a fairly fuzzy concept as to what it actually is. As someone who has come to feel that reflecting upon the cycles of nature is somewhere between important and holy, I’ve given the matter much thought.
Many ancient peoples thought […]

A few observations on Three Roads to Quantum Gravity. Unfortunately this post has been wating to be published for over a year and so I can’t expand on the quotes and be confident I’m reflecting accuratewhat the book says, but these blurbs are too good to pass up, so here they are with my current reflections:
On […]

My lovely and talented wife made an off-hand comment on the playa suggesting that we bring dehydrated water next time. I had the thought that perhaps taking deoxygenated water would achieve the same end. Here’s my thoughts to that effect.
Methane (CH4) has a molecular mass of 16 amu and H2O is about 18 amu. Liquid […]