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Eclipsology: A Stone Of The Seven Suns Petroglyph At Dowth Ireland Compared To A Victorian Astronomers Drawing Of A Total Eclipse Of The Sun

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:17:36 -0800

From the page: The petroglyph at Dowth, Ireland, is remarkably similar to, and eminently comparable with, an astronomical drawing of the 1851 total solar eclipse that is depicted in figure2 of Plate VI of Volume XXI of the Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society. The sun's corona, as it is depicted in this purely scientific astronomical illustration, is divided into approximately seventeen quite distinct rays. These rays are separated from each other by a series of darker areas regularly interspersed between them. If one were to ask the artist who drew the 1851 eclipse to sculpt the very same image into stone with hammer and chisel they would inevitably create a petroglyph that would be virtually identical in appearance to the 'radiating sun' or 'compound eye/sun symbol' at Dowth.

Winter solstice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:14:22 -0800

Almost there. . .

Occams Zweihänder: Fundamentalist Atheist Asshole P. Z. Myers Gets One Of Those Billboard Advertisements From God By Way Of The Joliet Jackhammers. . .

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:25:54 -0800

From the page: Since P. Z. Myers has proven himself to be something of an obnoxious asshole with his anti-religious ranting on his Pharyngula blog I have decided to "honor" him today by creating my own parody version of the Joliet Jackhammers billboard ad.

Black nativity angers Italys "White Xmas" party - Yahoo! Canada News

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:18:35 -0800

Italy's far-right Northern League party lends a whole new meaning to the term -

"The war on Christmas". . .

From the page: The Northern League, an ally of conservative Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with key cabinet posts including the interior ministry, has used its growing political clout to secure tough new laws including making illegal immigration a crime.

League proposals have ranged from separate buses and trains for immigrants to banning new mosques and forbidding the serving of Chinese food and kebabs in towns under its control.

Schinaia defended his black nativity scene, saying it was not intended to be polemical but to encourage debate.

"There shouldn't be a white or black Christmas, only a merry Christmas for everyone, of every skin color, ethnic background and nationality."

Geminid Meteor Shower

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:20:20 -0800

A spectacular video of a Geminids meteor shower fireball.

BBC - Newburys marathon meteor watch

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:16:52 -0800

Get ready for the Geminids meteor shower. . .

"Try That with A Hard Drive" | PhotographyBLOG

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:15:52 -0800

Slides with that?

Texas homeowners David as naked Santa Claus draws more than ho, ho, ho - Yahoo! Canada News

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:49:03 -0800

In the unfortunate news headlines department. . .

Texas homeowner's 'David' as naked Santa Claus draws more than ho, ho, ho

From the page: BIG SPRING, Texas - A Texas homeowner who adorned his front lawn with Michelangelo's "David" as a scantily clad Santa got more than just jolly laughs from his neighbours.

The Emerson Avenger: How I Am Celebrating The Ninth Anniversary Of My False Arrest On Trumped Up Criminal Charges At The Behest Of Totalitarian Unitarians In Montreal. . .

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:54:16 -0800

How I Am Celebrating The Ninth Anniversary Of My False Arrest On Trumped Up Criminal Charges At The Behest Of Totalitarian Unitarians In Montreal. . .

The Emerson Avenger: Are Unitarian Universalists Really Doing Their Best In Their Human Relations With Me, To Say Nothing Of More Generally?

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:16:00 -0800

Don't you hate it when people claim to be "doing their best" when, in reality, their self-professed "doing their best" is pathetic mediocrity and lameness at best, and "doing their worst" at worst?