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 Maybe nature will help counteract human damage. Maybe it's working in other areas. I hope. This video explains what is happening.

(click on YouTube for video) Would this series of simulations work its way back to God?  If it did, wouldn't God just make it a series of realities instead of simulations? <><><> If every effect has a cause, how did everything begin? Thomas Aquinas argued that there couldn’t be an infinite regression of cause and effect without any fixed starting point. He posited that God was the First Mover, who was able to set the universe in motion without any prior cause. But why can't there be an infinite series of cause and effect?

The other day while browsing through the web, surfing for an interesting item, I came across this image of a beautiful woman. It's a French ad for cosmetics.   I knew about how the radioactive element Radon was thought to be healthy at one time. But these images brought this misconception to life for me. The sad thing is how lighthearted some of these videos seem to take such a painful way to die.

My daughter bought me a Storm Glass last Christmas and w hile I was browsing the internet I came across a very strange weather predictor from the same time period called the Tempest Prognosticator. Both are from about the 1860's. First let me show you the Storm Glass (Fitzroy Storm Glass) my daughter gave me. It's more decorative than practical but it looks great on my desktop.  Mine always stays in the same formation as the Warming image above. See m y earlier post:    REFLECTIONS: Search results for storm glass I have a theory that it may not work very well because the liquid is in a sealed glass vessel.  It can react to the temperature of the room; maybe even some sort of magnetic or static force if that is possible. But it can't react to atmospheric pressure like a barometer. Now I've seen some old photos of storm glasses sealed on top with a cork instead of being completely sealed in glass. The cork is soft and should allow some changes in ...

I've been staying indoors most of the time except for taking trash to the dump, getting prescriptions and groceries. I sometimes stop at a fast food restaurant on my way home. I go to the take out window and eat in my car. It's not like dining at a restaurant but it's okay.  If  the weather is nice I like to sit outside in my backyard. I found some videos you may like. They show how much different the world looks with people staying home, something like a science fiction movie. Anyway, I hope you are all staying safe. PEOPLE ANIMALS EVEN STRIPPERS! 

I think this doctor's mask from the Great Bubonic Plague captures how scary the Corona Virus may seem to some people. My wife had to cancel an appointment for her back pains with a neurosurgeon who practices in Philadelphia. It was not worth the risk travelling to a large city hospital. The receptionist said they had many cancellations. In some ways the Corona Virus Epidemic reminds me of the Bubonic Plague. Here's some information I found on the web:   Wikipedia: The  Black Death , also known as the  Pestilence ,  Great Bubonic Plague , the  Great Plague  or the  Plague , or less commonly the  Black Plague , was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history  resulting in the deaths of an estimated  75 to 200 million  people in  Eurasia , peaking in  Europe  from 1347 to 1351. [1] [2] [3]  The  bacterium   Yersinia pestis ,  This was a bacteria. Today's Corona is a vir...

Just have to share this video I found on the Miss Cellania Weblog.   Link:  Miss Cellania

A short time after I wrote this last week the clump fell to the bottom. I'm going to use my wife's hair dryer to heat the liquid until all of it dissolves. Then it will have a new start. I think it does not actually predict anything but it's fun to watch.

I copied this GIF from the web. It's been sped up.  The actual speed is much slower, too slow to detect. My Fitzroy Storm Glass is beautiful.  It's perfect for the desktop, sitting by my Sterling Engine. From Wikipedia: FitzRoy was a pioneering meteorologist who made accurate daily weather predictions... He achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's famous voyage. Internal and external troubles at the Meteorological Office, financial concerns as well as failing health, and his struggle with depression took their toll. On 30 April 1865, Vice-Admiral FitzRoy died by suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. FitzRoy died having exhausted his entire fortune on public expenditure. How he said the storm glass works: "if fixed, undisturbed, in free air, not exposed to radiation, fire, or sun, but in the ordinary light of a well-ventilated room or outer air, the chemical mixture in a so-called storm-glass varies in chara...

I found this radiometer  GIF on the internet.  I've had a radiometer for decades, fascinated by the way it spins in the light.  It works with sunlight or an incandescent light bulb. I finally decided to order a new one after mine stopped working. Here's a photo from the internet that looks just like mine. Sir William Crroke invented the radiometer. Below are explanations about how it works.  It's not so simple! ==================================== "The  radiometer  is made from a glass bulb from which much of the air has been removed to form a partial  vacuum . Inside the bulb, on a low  friction  spindle, is a rotor with several (usually four) vertical lightweight vanes spaced equally around the axis. The vanes are polished or white on one side and black on the other. When exposed to  sunlight , artificial light, or  infrared  radiation (even the heat of a hand nearby can be enough), the vanes...