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A Story for All Americans

On this American Independence Day, I reflect on the life work of the “proto” American and a key Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin.

I once thought of the dwindling daylight as depressing and bad. But now, I look forward to observing the earlier darkening sky.

As part of my series on how I created my website, this article focuses on why I went with self-hosting over a hosting service.

My observations after watching the six seasons of “The Expanse” on Amazon Prime, with an emphasis and angle on how the Solar System is portrayed.

Here is a lighthearted and common topic, that of this blogger’s favorite Christmas movie.

I took this picture with my iPhone quickly as I was packing up my telescope on Jupiter’s opposition night.

I watched it and felt a sense of loss, that soon, this comet would never be seen by me or anyone else again for thousands of years.

My favorite part of his autobiography has nothing to do with America or any of the latter events of the late 18th century.

As an undergraduate studying computer engineering 24 years ago, I read a book that molded my perspective on science, scientists, and politics.

Don’t buy the marketing tagline: TRoS is not the end of the Skywalker saga. The true end of the saga, Return of the Jedi, was released in 1983.