Monthly Archives: September 2007

Slow posting

I’m in Chicago for a patent trial (I’m an expert witness) and will tied up for another week or so. ..bruce..

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The parameters of reality (ours, at least)

One of the intriguing aspects of reality, as far as we are able to analyze and perceive it to date, is that it depends upon a relatively small set of dimensionless parameters. Here is a listed set, taken from the … Continue reading

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Rethinking the Flood from an LDS perspective

[UPDATED 01/24/11 -- 1857 MST] Found out that most links in the article pointed at the Web Archives versions of the links (as part of my restoration 18 months ago); have updated them all (I believe). Also note that the … Continue reading

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Lest we forget

Gerard Vanderleun — who was just across the river from Manhattan, in Brooklyn Heights, when the WTC was hit — has posted his own memories of that day: The Wind in the Heights Notes made on September 11, 2001 — … Continue reading

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The last of “September Dawn”

My last posting on this subject, since “September Dawn” has died a well-deserved death. Here are the figures for its third weekend in release: a grand total of $7,445 in all of 26 theaters, a 96% drop from last weekend. … Continue reading

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Someone who gets it

As I’ve mentioned before, one of my sources of both frustration and amusement during my 40 years as a Latter-day Saint has been the sheer number of people who either misunderstand or deliberately misrepresent LDS history, beliefs and practices. So … Continue reading

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“We are as the army of…Master Chief?”

Sandra and I had two of our grandsons spend the weekend, Ashton (8) and Raiden (5). When Sandra drove them back home (Longmont, just outside of Boulder), she spent a few minutes speaking with their mom, our oldest daughter, Chase. … Continue reading

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