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Musings of an Omnivorous Intellectual: Book review: The Gap Cycle by Stephen R. Donaldson
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Musings of an Omnivorous Intellectual. Saturday, January 12, 2013. Book review: The Gap Cycle by Stephen R. Donaldson. Please note that this is a review of the entire series rather than any individual book within the series.]. Stephen R. Donaldson is primarily known for the dark fantasy work The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. Which kicked off his career. The Gap Cycle. Pace tends to be used merely as a. Backdrop for the action. The Gap Cycle. Is a space opera in a more literal sense, too : T. Another of ...
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Musings of an Omnivorous Intellectual: New Blogger
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Musings of an Omnivorous Intellectual. Sunday, January 20, 2013. One of my dearest friends and sharpest critics has finally made time to start a blog. Go check out his introductory post and make sure to to follow him. I'm sure he'll be posting many fascinating and frustrating things there in the future. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Soon to be transplanted southerner with an interest in cats, deserts, and geology, among other things. View my complete profile. Wild Eyes at La Contenta. Oh, and hello!
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Musings of an Omnivorous Intellectual: Book Review: The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke
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Musings of an Omnivorous Intellectual. Tuesday, January 22, 2013. Book Review: The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke. And so begins a coming of age story for both Alvin and humanity. ( Sound familiar? That this is a re-write of Clarke's first novel, Against the Fall of Night. January 27, 2013 at 9:24 AM. An excellent read must find a copy so I can read again! Im AE35Unit on the Chrons! January 27, 2013 at 3:14 PM. I found that bizarre since I gave it four stars. January 28, 2013 at 4:11 AM. Soon to ...
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Musings of an Omnivorous Intellectual: "Why would you want to study rocks?" Part 3: Variety
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Musings of an Omnivorous Intellectual. Tuesday, April 10, 2012. Why would you want to study rocks? I've always found this comic. By xkcd rather amusing. To a geologist, the whole 'purity' argument that goes on amongst certain subsets of scientists seems so.wrongheaded. We pride ourselves on research methods and areas of study that are derived from a large number of more basic fields and don't give a damn about how 'pure' our field is. Even archaeology and mythology. Or the medicinal effects of ethanol.
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Musings of an Omnivorous Intellectual: March 2013
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Musings of an Omnivorous Intellectual. Sunday, March 10, 2013. Book Review: Sarcology by Steven Lyle Jordan. A novel that toes the line between science fiction, mystery, and romance. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Soon to be transplanted southerner with an interest in cats, deserts, and geology, among other things. I can be contacted through e-mail at Southern Geologist (one word, no caps) capital 2 gmail period com. You can also follow me on twitter: @s geologist. Love, Joy, Feminism.
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Musings of an Omnivorous Intellectual: DOI whistle-blower fired.
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Musings of an Omnivorous Intellectual. Friday, April 6, 2012. I normally try to avoid writing on environmental and political issues, and this isn't really my beat. Anyway, but this issue is too important to let go. Scientific American. I]n a summary document, the DOI said that studies had shown that the annual production of Chinook salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha. Which was not reported in the summary. [Emphasis mine]. In particular, are coming under fire as being fueled by ideology-driven extremists w...
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Musings of an Omnivorous Intellectual: Sam Harris on Self Defense
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Musings of an Omnivorous Intellectual. Wednesday, April 18, 2012. Sam Harris on Self Defense. Sam Harris has an excellent post. Up on his blog titled "The Truth about Violence: 3 Principles of Self Defense.". I realize this is a rather difficult subject for some to deal with and can be emotionally troublesome, but I feel that reading such material is important. It's better to be safe than sorry. His post is a combination of myth busting and common sense and makes for excellent reading. Part 2: The L.
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The Open Source Paleontologist: Running Bundler on Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit
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Thursday, January 10, 2013. Running Bundler on Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit. This post is mostly a note to myself so that I remember how to do this next time I upgrade or reinstall my system. But, perhaps it will be of use to others. What follows is essentially a short list of what I did to fix the error (with a general description of how I set up my system). Set up BundlerTools (a package including Bundler and other programs necessary for photogrammetry), using scripts at the BundlerTools website. Ramblings on t...
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Musings of an Omnivorous Intellectual: Accretionary Wedge #44: Most Important Teacher
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Musings of an Omnivorous Intellectual. Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Accretionary Wedge #44: Most Important Teacher. My next problem consisted of figuring out which. Science I would enter. After all, I didn't want to spend my entire life doing something boring just because it happened to require specialized knowledge! Well, I had taken high school chemistry and found it a bit boring. (No surprise when you consider that one of our first exams was to memorize the entire Periodic Table. Professor, but I realized...
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Musings of an Omnivorous Intellectual: January 2013
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Musings of an Omnivorous Intellectual. Sunday, January 27, 2013. Book Review: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke. Links to this post. Friday, January 25, 2013. Some time ago I completed the first volume. In a biography of Robert Heinlein. While reading, I came across this gem, set during World War II:. Links to this post. Tuesday, January 22, 2013. Book Review: The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke. Links to this post. Sunday, January 20, 2013. Links to this post. He last four books in th...
