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The brilliant display catches my eye as I sit and wait. The cold air of the damp night seeps into my bones as I sit and wait. Through the trees, without a sound Venus sails across the sky. The formless void pierced by her brilliant light traces nothing of her orbit; but, through leaves she peeks and behind the branches she  abides,  hides,  bride of the sky. Pageantry of night, stellar delight as I sit and wait. The cold air of the damp night seeps into my bones as I sit and wait.

A Los Alamos Story Worthy of Stephen King Twilight Zone Creator Rod Serling on " Where Good Ideas Come From ." I just like the way he says it. A place where no star dips below the horizon and the sun never rises above it .  If you're in serious need of a grill but don't have one on hand, you can satisfy that hot dog craving with just a tin can and a cooling rack . 50 easy ways to torch 100 calories . You are probably already doing them. Explore the whimsy of mathematics through the question, " How Big is Infinity? "

Shai Hulud. Have you seen the giant earthworm, Eulagisca ?  10 Reasons Your Body Thinks It's Hungry  and 3 Reasons Why You're Not Losing Weight Science does it again! "Baffling Hoaxes: Why Did We Believe in the 'Tongue Map?'" What caused this hole on Mars? Speaking of which, the holes have been of interest since the early 1950's, before we ever got a good, close look with orbiters . . . I suppose if I wanted one bad enough . . .

Looks like Venus was not alone in the solar transit. The Hubble Telescope crossed too (might have to squint a little)! Spectacular! Rare photo of Venus crossing the edge of the Sun in this stunning view from the Hinode spacecraft. Here's a photo of the sun rising over the Black Sea , Venus already in position. Explore some of the unique cultural and religious meanings of shaving and men’s grooming from history and around the world . If you think today’s man is overly fastidious about his appearance, wait until you get a load of the practices of our manly ancestors.

Travel Like Your Grandfather: How to Hitchhike Around the USA. Sounds exciting (fueled by Steinbeck, London and other great Americans and writers)! Many volumes in the Loeb Classical Library are now in the public domain and available for free download in pdf files. Nook version of "War and Peace" contains embarrassing search-and-replace error. "Kindle" no more! Astronomers have found the faintest galaxy yet seen in the deep, distant reaches of space, an object whose light has taken 13 billion years to reach us.

Manvotional: Facing the Mistakes of Life .  William George Jordan shares thoughts on those growing pains of wisdom. Midnight's Solar Eclipse.  On June 1, the shadow of the New Moon was cast across a land of the midnight Sun in this year's second partial solar eclipse . This color chart demonstrates how men and women "see" color.  And they got it right! Keep your eye on the ball!

Did you notice the tee-shirts the Chilean miners were wearing during their rescue?  Did you notice that at the same time the Chilean miners were being rescued, 16 miners were being trapped in China ? Dr. King recommends these books for leaders in training and developing leaders . A few devotional thoughts on the most forgiving people in the world . Saturn's Moons Engage in Cosmic Paintball Fight . What are the similarities and differences between Biblical/presuppositional apologetics and traditional/evidence-based apologetics ?  This simple chart illustrates the contrast between the piece-meal approach of evidentialism against presupositional apologetics.

This is what Earth and the Moon look like from the planet Mercury . Greg Koukl answers the question , "How do you handle the hardcore relativist that freely admits he doesn't believe he can tell a child rapist he's 'wrong?' What do you do when graphically describing something horrible like that doesn't successfully move the person's conscience?" Have a nice day!

E.M. Bounds' classic book, "Necessity of Prayer" is available as an audio book ! When I look at these , I can't help but wonder if I did not see one in a Doctor Who episode. Great Balls of Fire . . . Again. On Jupiter . Again. Speaking of fire, Sinclair Ferguson answers the question, " What Then Shall We Preach On Hell ?" NPR wonders: " Is Belief in God Evolutionarily Advantageous ?" The Zwemer Center for Muslim Studies has posted their latest newsletter .

Pants on the ground? Underwear that just might save your life . Where are Americans moving? Here is an interactive map ! Here are the real names of 23 fictional characters , like Mr. Clean. So you think you can ush ? Space stuff: The moon sets behind an observatory in Chile . Amateur video of the Jupiter fireball . New Comet visible in early morning sky . The 1MoreTour guys post some pics . banner

APOD asks, " How was the unusual Red Rectangle nebula created ?" The key word here is, "created."

A good writer shows the reader what to see in narrative, rather than simply tell. Joseph Conrad could have simply written, "as the sun went down, two men walked up the hill." How boring. Instead, Conrad shows us: "The sun was low: and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade." (Heart of Darkness, 1902) Now that's good writing! Dr. George Murray delivered an incredible message on " Knowing and Doing The Will of God ." Need some help with sermon preparation? Use this handy tool for help in making applications from the text. Yet another reason why I can't accept the premise of evolution. First Underwater Footage: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill at Source Sometimes a part of the Sun can just explode into space . Can you tell the difference between Joel Osteen and a fortune cookie ? What are five...

this morning as i woke up, in that gray foggy place where the eyes are still not open and one is still able to locate his slippers, i had this profound thought: in the same way the sun rises in each morning, so God makes his flaming spirit rise on those who wait for Him. dwelling on that imagery for a few minutes, i successfully and safely gained access to the shower in my somnatic state without scalding or freezing myself, then had another profound thought: what did Ezekiel see? What were those confounded wheels? And images like this came to mind--was Ezekiel having a vision of God through space, without a telescope, as it were? Here are some galaxies taken by Hubble. And what about some of our planets, as Uranus and Saturn (infra red)?