Category Archives: Space

Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

December 15, 2018 – 12:09 am

Sic transit gloria mundi translates from the dead language of Latin phrase into “Thus passes the glory of the world” in English, even though no one in America speaks that language. There is very little glory left in this world, which is why we look to the stars. Next year Andromeda.

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A Messenger From Afar Visting First

December 11, 2017 – 9:28 pm

Hawaiian astronomers spotted a cigar-shaped asteroid traversing the solar system at 87,000 mph. The star gazers at the Pan-STARRS1 observatory determined that the 1400 foot long object’s origins were from an unknown star system and named it ‘Oumuamua’ or a ‘a messenger from afar arriving first’. Astronomers added that they had never seen this shape […]

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Riverside Iowa

August 22, 2017 – 6:17 pm

Wilbur Harrison had a hit with KANSAS CITY. My friend, Joe Fielder, traveled there in 1965. The police caught him in St. Louis. He escaped through the bathroom window. The 14 year-old reached KC the next day. He ordered a steak and then rode Greyhound to the South Shore of Boston. His parents were relieved […]

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Rocket Lawnmower

August 8, 2017 – 9:30 pm

There are no lawnmowers in Space. At least not in the pre-Jetson era.

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We Are Not Alone

July 19, 2017 – 8:47 am

On April 4, 2013 the National UFO ALERT Rating System along with California, Florida, New York and Texas updated the UFO status alert to Code 3 with the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) according to Huffington Post. California had 59 sightings in March. New York experienced 30. I have looked for space ships since my youth. […]

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