Does time flow just one way?
Thursday, February 28th, 2008 Posted in cosmology, science | No Comments »Kids' grandpa has been having a discussion about the subject of time with my golfing buddy Harold Salibury. Coincidentally, the world's top theoretical physicists and cosmologist gathered at the NY Academy of Sciences last October to grapple with the mystery ...
Time, Space, & Cosmic Cross Talk [part III]
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in cosmology, science | No Comments »In part I, the ratio of the diameter of our universe to the diameter of our Milky Way black hole diameter was 3.87E+16. Our universe has a diameter of 1.99E+28cm Our diameter times 3.87E+16 would give our parent universe diameter of ...
Time, Space, & Cosmic Cross Talk [part II]
Monday, February 18th, 2008 Posted in cosmology, science | No Comments »Grandpa got into cosmology as a hobby and is a rank amateur in this field. It seemed to me that using cosmology as a way of getting you grandchildren interested in math and science was a good idea. A little ...
Time, Space, & Cosmic Cross Talk [part I]
Saturday, February 16th, 2008 Posted in cosmology, science | No Comments »Remember our little adventure into the mysteries of the cosmos is completely conjecture and what we imagine about our universe being in a black hole cannot be proven. But, let's keep pushing the concept forward because it's fun. OK kids, let's ...
The Half Century Man
Monday, February 11th, 2008 Posted in family | No Comments »Happy 50th Mike! As the third oldest in our family of 22 people, I decided to begin extending birthday greetings to the adults along with all the 11 grandchildren. Welcome to my blog whose motto is; "More information than you ...
Happy Birthday Jenny!
Sunday, February 10th, 2008 Posted in family | 1 Comment »I know your 3rd birthday is still two weeks away on Feb. 24th, but you will be in Hawaii then with your mom, dad and Molly. This will be a very exciting vacation for you Jenny. Very few people my ...
Confronting Spiritual realities
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 Posted in family | No Comments »This blog is to the parents and adults of our family. It's probably the most important of the 3 blogs. The possibility of tough times in the 21st century makes it all the more important for the 11 grandchildren to possess a ...
Confronting Life Style Realities
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 Posted in family | No Comments »This blog is for the six oldest grandchildren; Chiara, Nick, Eric, Sam, Jack & Luke. When it comes to life styles, we could all take a lesson from the youngest of the six. Luke loves the outdoors, animals, trees, rocks ...
Confronting Economic Realities
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 Posted in family | No Comments »This blog is to the 4 oldest granchildren. Chiara, Nick, Eric, & Sam will be all college age in just 5 years. You are not too young to the consider the importance of confronting reality as you start your journey as an ...
Volunteerism
Friday, February 1st, 2008 Posted in family | No Comments »I admire retired people who can give back to their community in a substantive way. I still find it difficult to volunteer my time to do community service that requires public speaking. I just can't sort out my thoughts fast ...