Another week gone by so soon? Meh! From Monday onward, it’s been a productive time, with much getting done. The Ninth Doctor duster has come in, with pics to follow once I assemble all parts of the outfit and draft a family member or friend to take photos. So the jacket and Sonic are here, and what remains to be added are the other components of the Ninth Doctor’s garb. Here’s the jacket at its temporary home on my bedroom door’s coat hanger:
As you can see, it’s a bit less well-worn than Eccleston’s jacket in Doctor Who…but it’s authentic, and real leather. I tried taking selfies with it on using my laptop through the Photo Booth app, but the shirt I wore under it didn’t want to cooperate, and neither did the effects or the lighting conditions.
I’m currently listening to a series of Great Courses lectures on the history and ideas of Anglo-American conservatism, and finding it quite interesting, though hardly life-changing. Understanding the ‘other side’s’ political ideas of the present through the context of history is illuminating on a number of levels, and a good cure for political polarization, even with much remaining to disagree on however successfully following the arguments involved.
Starting with the Glorious Revolution of the 17th century and leading up to about the year 2001, the course discusses a number of different ideas more or less, often much less, sometimes closely, unified by the objective of maintaining social stability and order, sometimes over personal freedoms or individual justice, but this varies considerably. I’m on the last lecture of the fifth disc out of a set of six, and will probably post a full review on this blog once I work out a suitable draft.
Tf. Tk. Tts.
Abell 370: Galaxy Cluster Gravitational Lens
Young Suns of NGC 7129
Aurora over Icelandic Fault
Annular Solar Eclipse over New Mexico
Light at the End of the Road
Little Planet Astro Camp
Reunion Island Eclipse
Io over Jupiter from Voyager I
Spiral Meteor through the Heart Nebula
The Whirlpool Galaxy and Beyond
Eclipse to Sunset
Mars in the Clouds
The Wide and Deep Lagoon
The Launch of OSIRIS REx
Wide Field 30 Doradus UVIS

The Astrognuz:
Uranus and Neptune May Keep ‘Hitler’s Acid’ Stable under Massive Pressure
Juno’s First Results from Jupiter Reveal Weirdnesses
Big Picture Science Radio Show | Asteroids!
Mars Rover Views Spectacular Layered Rock Formations
Curiosity Rover’s Proximity to Possible Water Raises Planetary Protection Concerns
Rosetta Comet mission Lander Philae Finally Seen in Images
RapidScat Team Investigating Power System Anomaly
Are We Living in a Simulation?
Urban Legend of a Venus Probe Lost Due To Unit Conversion Error
Titan’s Dunes and Other Features Emerge in New Images
time flies when you are busy! have a wonderful weekend.
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