SONNENBERG: A VISIT TO A DIFFERENT TIME By Warren D. Jorgensen I took a break from a Finger Lakes wine tasting tour to visit Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion, stepping into a reliquary of a gilded age, discovering a woman whose love of flowers may have saved her life. In 1857, Mary Clark, daughter of then-Governor […]
One Step Closer to ET Life – Water Vapour Atmosphere Detected in Pegasus
Water vapour has been observed in the atmosphere of a planet in the Pegasus system, as reported by researchers at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona. The planet, HD 209458b (called Osiris by some), seems to be in the process of having a water vapour-rich atmosphere boiled away as it swiftly passes before its parent star. The telltale […]
My Second Life
In another universe, I am a woman. She only exists in a virtual world, as an "avatar" in an online game called Second Life. My avatar is currently an attractive, thin blonde woman who enjoys flying, undressing and standing still in the middle of empty buildings and changing her clothes. These aren’t really her hobbies, […]
Adieu, Britannia, Alright UK?
As a native English speaker, I can say with a hand on my heart that my grammar is crap. I was never taught the inner workings of my language until I was forced to in order to attain an English teaching certificate. Now, I can’t get enough of the scientific dissection of the language; but […]
The Aftermath of the Candidate’s Debate
As David Koenigsberg left the candidates’ debate on November 30, he turned to his trial lawyer running mates on the Democratic ticket and remarked, “We have done everything that we can; now it is in the hands of voters”. In all recent elections, the outcome had been predictable. The Dobbs Ferry Party (“DFP”), a […]