Accorder  Definition: One who accords assents or concedes Here it is! The first word I'm not familiar with. I am familiar with 'accord', of course, but I've never seen this noun version used. When I first saw this I thought of a musical instrument, like a recorder, or an accordion. Thinking about music, I wonder …
Word A Day: Androgyne
Today's word is..... Pushes button... Androgyne  Definition: An hermaphrodite I wonder how long it will be before I get a word I don't know. This is a good word, though I haven't seen it used so often. Mostly I see 'androgynous' instead, used to describe something or someone without sexually defined features, but not necessarily having …
Floating city seen by thousands over China
An interesting mirage has been catching the attention of thousands of people, presenting as what appears to be a towering city in the clouds. This is apparently caused by light rays bending through layers of atmosphere of different temperatures, and is a sort of mirage I've never heard of before. My first response was 'what …
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The Three Body Problem, by Liu Cixin
Winner of the Hugo award for best novel this year, The Three Body Problem is densely packed with interesting ideas--so densely packed that some may find it hard to read. 'Some' does not include me. I think this is the most I've enjoyed a book since Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun series. The prose …
The Martian (2015)
Ridley Scott's The Martian is an accurate, thrilling survival story that for ONCE portrays scientists as normal human beings (even cool, likable ones!), instead of amoral villains, sociopaths, socially crippled nerds, or emotionless robots. Problem solving is the hero of this edge-of-your-seat thriller, and realism is king. I don't have degree in any of the …
Jonas David 