Wendy's Coffeehouse Curious

“When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.” - Kahlil Gibrán, Sand and Foam OddsnEnds - Warping the fabric of the universe with Laser Beams. New Scientist Bright spot in our future history. Activation of the Post Alien Detection Protocol . 2010 version scheduled for update (due out in a few years). SETI PDF More info. Educating Humanity - referencing ' James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction ' on AMC. Random History note and blast from the pre-astronaut past: The “Father of Modern American Neurology” in addressing the neurological and biological effects of a technologically advancing America asked, “Have we lived too fast?” (Wear and Tear, 1871). Note the language “ racing speed which the telegraph and railway " … fast is relative. Source: Atlas Obscura When Mountain Goat Management 101 is helicopter removal: Atlas Obscura. Bottom-line goal: NO goats in Olympic National Park (Washington). Goat...

Chill for the Weekend ... The Color Blue “I want to believe.”  -  Fox Mulder Odds, ends and otherwise newsy footnotes - Thank you to Robert Bigelow for his no nonsense view on UFOs and ETs . His story temporarily hijacked the focus from ominous global headlines. CBS/60 Minutes . No doubt the sighting by his Grandparents gave him an early start on bucking the skeptics. Live Science   Famous Believers : Lucky number 13 . - Live Science   13 who have seen a UFO. Includes Astronauts and a News Anchor: UFO Sightings Daily   And another list of 10 from Time   Clock ticking on what is expected to become one of the biggest ever icebergs . Scientists monitoring the crack say it could be days, hours or minutes ... from splitting from the ice shelf in the Antarctic. *Attributed to hotter temps ( G lobal W arming ). The Guardian   Current and continuing GW updates. Can you spell Gigaton ? The Weather Channel   The 6-year-old who mo...

"I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons." - Douglas Adams Not so random and assorted links - Haunted house - Said the contractor who remodeled it, "So bad his 11-year-old daughter, who sometimes accompanied him on different remodeling jobs, refused to step foot through the door." Ted Bundy's childhood home . NYDailyNews More details, a long list, from the initial source, TheNewsTribune. Among other things,  "Cellphones and other electronics occasionally would get unplugged and immediately die. The word “Leave” was found written in sheetrock dust on a bedroom floor with no footprints around it." The house SOLD. Winchester Mystery House in a new Movie featuring Helen Mirren. MercuryNews   Blade Runner 2049 . Full trailer and it's fantastic. Wired   Tips for Spotting FAKE News courtesy of Facebook. BBC   Where do altered facts sometimes roost? Evidence lies here: 20 funny Wiki Edits via Pleated-Jeans   Eco tragedy - anothe...