JamesSavik

As of now- next chapter is about half done. Real life is rudely intruding into my writing time. Every time I get rolling I've got to drop everything to put out a fire. It'll be out soon. If nothing else dreadful happens.

Cold rainy February afternoons are for napping.

Post your spring stuff here! Japanese Magnolia

Death is a real prick. He takes my favorite people and passes on an asshole like me. It makes me want to kick him in his bony balls.

I haven't watched that prick since the Man Show. I must be horribly old fashioned but I always thought comedians were supposed to be funny. Kimmel just makes me want to punch him.

On Scientific Consensus Alfred 1 Wegener (1880-1930) was a German meteorologist who picked up an interest in geology. He wondered why some of the continents like Africa and South America fit together almost like a key. (1) He began to wonder: do continents move? In Victorian times such an idea seemed ludicrous as every good Christian fundamentalist knew that the world was 10.000 years old. (2) Anyone who might suggest processes like Wegener s or his contemporary James Hutton that took place over hundreds of millions of years was obviously daft. But Wegener s suggestion that continents actually did move over time answered questions in biology. (3) Why are there related species on the different continents but- they are obviously distant relatives. Obviously well adapted for their environments, similar but obviously related. This did not prove Continental drift but, it certainly made a case for further investigation. (4) Wegener suffered for his outlandish theory. No one in the scientific community gave his ideas any credence and, he didn't get tenure at a prestigious university. In fact he was a laughing stock. (5) He died at the age of fifty doing field work in Greenland. However- his theory did not die. It didn't come back in a coherent theory until the technology was developed to gather the data needed to prove that continents did indeed move. (6) The theory of Plate tectonics was born and still remains controversial in some circles but it is now a theory with hard data to back it up. (7) This is a theme repeated time after time in science. If someday someone will comes up with a theory better than plate tectonics, then science will adopt it. Otherwise, it works, it explains how demonstrable phenomena works and it can be measured. (8) Always be skeptical when someone tells you that the science is settled. Skepticism is the way of science: someone has an idea (hypothesis), then we test, test, test it. If it works, it becomes a theory. If not, we go back to the drawing board. (9) Science is never static. Our understanding of our selves, our planet and our universe is always changing. Anyone that tells you the science is settled doesn't have a clue how science works. (10) If the history of science is any guide, the "consensus" is wrong more than its right. We need mavericks like Wegener to show us a new way of looking at our world. The big question now is our climate changing? Yes. It has changed numerous times. (11) Climate in geological time has changed for a number of reasons from comet bombardment, volcanic out-gassing and variations in solar output. The question of the age is that climate change man made or is it a natural cycle like a Grand Solar minimum. (12) This question is by no means settled. Both hypothesis have their merits. Pretending that we know this answer is the worst sort of scientific hubris. We don't know. We need to know because both models will treat 7 billion humans harshly. Only one is the right answer and getting it wrong would be a disaster. (13)

Duck season! No, it's wabbit season! No, it's...

Deliver Us From Evil

He's going to get you for this.

When it comes to comments, be careful what you wish for. Some are rude. Some are crude. Some are anatomically impossible. Some are petty. Some are unhinged grammar nazis on the war path. Some are morally offended by some element of your story. Some are sore that drugs were in your story and claim you seem to be glorifying them. However, they never seem to think you are glorifying murder in a mystery. Some don't like your religious allusions that you never even knew were there. Some don't like a suicide and others get really bent out of shape by your filthy language. So... comments aren't all sunshine and flowers. If you've written something well, sometimes you will get the sunshine and flowers comments. They are fun to get.

#726 I awoke in the dark to a commotion. I wasn't sure what it was, but it was loud and getting louder. It wasn't the usual groaning and shrieking of the infected. For the first time in days it was the sound of civilization. It was the sound of a helicopter and the rattle of diesel engines. There was a loud ripping, farting noise- Brrrruuuuump. Was that automatic gunfire? I sat up and said, "Wake up Kevin, something is happening." I could see Kevin rise on an elbo

Deliver Us From Evil

Link>> Some cats are assholes

Sometimes things happen in real life that so shake a person he just ain't feeling it. It will take some time.

That Call You Don’t Want I got that call you don’t want the other day. Everybody remembers where they are when they get such a call. It’s like the Pearl Harbor Attack, Kennedy Assassination or 9/11 but on a very personal level. The Docs say there’s nothing more to do. The cancer has won. Your big brother is going home to hospice care. One of the pillars of your world is falling down. These little dramas play out in the real world a million times a day. The players,

Memorial for a Big Brother

Thanks for your kind words. My older brother passed away overnight. His suffering is over. Now we have a funeral to plan. (ARGH- even now auto-incorrect taunts me!)

I got that call that you don't want today. I've been dreading it. I hoped it would take longer. My brothers battle with cancer is over. He's going home for hospice care. We don't know how long he'll last but it's not expected to be long. This is why I've been away a lot. Silly cat pictures is about all I can manage at the moment. I'll be back.