What do Roman ordinals look like?
the alignment of the niche is nigh
the alignment of the niche is nigh
The cycle of the niche
I’ve written about it before. I’ll write about it again. Twice each year, we witness an alignment of light on a hallway niche soon after dawn. The next full alignment will be in about 10 days, but already the circle of light touches the niche for the first time since last October.
The wheel of time turns.
“the stupidest thing anyone has said recently about the Civil Rights Movement…”- Leonard Pitts Jr.
That distinction goes to one Larry Ward, who claimed in an appearance on CNN that Martin Luther King would have supported Ward’s call for a Gun Appreciation Day “if he were alive today.” In other words, the premiere American pacifist of the 20th century would be singing the praises of guns, except that he was shot in the face with one 45 years ago.
Thus do social conservatives continue to rewrite the inconvenient truths of African-American history, repurposing that tale of incandescent triumph and inconsolable woe to make it useful within the crabbed corners of their failed and discredited dogma.
The slow steps toward equality
It took a century and a half for women to gain representation. A century after that, women are still not entirely equal. Old rich white men rule. Why? Because they’re rich. Money runs AmeriCo.
Goodreads | Quote of the Day for January 31, 2013
“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.”
? Abigail Adams, The Letters of John and Abigail Adams
The Forgotten Zeppelin Knot – MOTHER EARTH NEWS
Too cool. I’m terrible at all knots, even shoelaces. Mer is much more skilled. Maybe she’ll learn this one. There’s even jargon: bights and bitter ends. peace, mjh
The Forgotten Zeppelin Knot – Modern Homesteading – MOTHER EARTH NEWS
PHOTO 1 & 2: Place bights of the two lines together, one on top of the other, so that the bitter ends lead away in opposite directions on outboard sides of the bights. PHOTO 3 & 4: Pass each bitter end around its own bight and the other bight, lead them out opposite sides of the knot, and tighten it up.
The Forgotten Zeppelin Knot – Modern Homesteading – MOTHER EARTH NEWS
Airships are coming back (really!).
Massive NASA-funded airship prototype takes off for the first time | The Verge
Earlier this month, Aeroscraft — a 36,000-pound airship prototype — successfully lifted off for the first time at its California hangar. Funded by DARPA, NASA, and the US Department of Defense, the 230-foot long lighter-than-air vehicle’s frame is made of aluminum and carbon fiber, and is covered in a reflective Mylar skin. The Aeroscraft works by pressurizing helium — the blimp-like aircraft is less buoyant when the gas is condensed, but when the helium is released, it displaces the heavier air and lifts the Aeroscraft.
The Aeroscraft uses about one-third of the fuel of conventional aircraft, and because it can lift off and land vertically, it has no need for runways or ground personnel.
Massive NASA-funded airship prototype takes off for the first time | The Verge