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Ebola convalescent serum–I should have guessed!
Remember how strange it seemed when an Ebola patient was imported from West Africa into the US? Remember the odd scene when he was filmed walking around in an isolation moon suit in Atlanta? It almost...
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The volcanic landscape of Gale Crater, Mars
As the Mars rover Curiosity explores the landscape of Gale Crater, a 96 mile (154 km) wide hole in the planet with an imposing 3.4 mile (18 km) high central peak in its middle, a scientific conundrum...
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Writing–too busy to blog
I’d like to take the time to write something profound here, but I’m too darned busy completing my latest project, Uncle Herb’s World War II story, which is itself pretty profound. Suffice it to say I’m...
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Uncle Herb’s Story–Complete at Last!
It’s taken about six months, but finally the saga of my Uncle Herbert Hopp’s World War 2 heroism and suffering is finished, all 85,000 words of it. Whew! With the movie Unbroken set to hit the screen...
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A Senate for Iraq?
In a previous post, I suggested that Iraq could end its years of bloody conflict by creating a U.S.-style Senate. As the hypothetical map shows, division of Iraq into three “states” similar to those in...
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Ceres Asteroid Closeup Shocks Space Scientists
The first closeup photo returned by the asteroid-exploring space probe, Dawn, has shocked and dismayed mission scientists. Furthermore, the unexpected discovery on the surface of the largest asteroid...
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Crocodile Attack!
A little known fact of the Solomon Islands campaign of World War II, is that some of the casualties were due to crocodiles. The swamps and rivers in those jungle isles abound with the largest and...
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Writing in 40s Vernacular
When a fellow in a book you are reading describes a dame as peachy, you’re reading 1940s vernacular. One task I set myself in writing Uncle Herb’s World War II saga was to include some of the slang and...
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My Kinda Cloud
Just got back from the Sonoma Coast of California. Some lovely scenery down there. Here’s an example. That’s a shot I took looking out over the Pacific’s blue waters on a lovely, otherwise cloudless...
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Dinosaur Wars book 4 cover art
What’s that? A T rex with a lion’s mane? And have those dinosaur wranglers lost their minds? They’re about to get munched by an angry parentalsaurus while roping junior! But of course, such things are...
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Dinosaur Tales — Published!
Time to make it official. Dinosaur Tales, the latest book in my Dinosaur Wars series, is available on Amazon! Both the ebook and paperback are ready and waiting for eager readers. Other ebook formats...
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Did Jurassic World ‘borrow’ my ideas?
Agreed. Jurassic World is a fabulous monster movie. “Where do they get their ideas?” you might ask. And so do I. While I would never deny the originality of the writers who put the script together, I...
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Dinosaur Tales free today on Amazon
Ever have one of those days when bullfighting a triceratops was your only option for relieving summertime boredom? Yeah. Me too. But now you’ve got an alternative. Let Chase Armstrong bullfight that...
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The Amazing Persistence of Dinosaur Wars
Laser-blasting dinosaurs from outer space! Who could have imagined the appeal they would have to science fiction readers? Especially those science fiction fans who like the sub-genres of Space Opera...
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Dinosaur Tales free on Amazon today
Ever had one of those days when playing dodge’em with a charging Pachyrhinosaurus longicornus was your only option for a little excitement? Yeah. Me too. But now you’ve got an alternative. Let Kit...
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Pre-Order Dinosaur Wars 4 and save a buck!
Dinosaur Tales, the fourth book in my Dinosaur Wars series, will be released in ebook form for Nook, iTunes, Kobo, Smashwords, and other formats on September 14th. That’s good news. Better news: you...
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The Awesomeness of Spirit Cove
The savage Olympic Coast of Washington State is not a place for the fainthearted. Storm-torn, damp and often dismal, it challenges a visitor to stiffen up your spine or get the hell out. And don’t come...
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Natural Beauties of the Olympic Mountains
It isn’t just the coast of the Olympic Peninsula that shelters natural beauties. Other wonders are found in secluded mountain valleys and along the streams that plunge down from the craggy heights....
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Now THAT’S how to get to Mars
The Planetary Society has just released its vision of how humans will first arrive at the Red Planet. And I am totally on board with them. As is always true of the Planetary Society, they have adopted...
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Walking with my rex
A photo of me and my tyrannosaurus out for a stroll on a lovely day. The shot was taken at Prehistoric Gardens on the Oregon Coast near Port Orford. Rexxy was on his best behavior and only snapped up a...
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