Monthly Archives: December 2019

How to Make New Year’s Resolutions that Work

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Alex R. Howe

Okay, I can’t really justify writing a headline like that. My new year’s resolutions for 2019 only sort of worked…But considering most new year’s resolutions fail by mid-February, I guess I’m doing better than most. So what’s my secret? It’s … Continue reading →

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What’s coming in Astronomy in the 2020s

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Alex R. Howe

At this time of year, many news sites, blogs, and others like to post a year in review…I’m not going to do that. It’s been a long, crazy year, much like the four-ish years before that. The news cycle has … Continue reading →

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Two New Bible Reading Plans

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Alex R. Howe

This is just a quick follow-up to my post from five years ago when I read the Bible in one year and posted my customized reading plan, and from earlier this year when I re-posted it as an essay. Long … Continue reading →

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A Challenge to Flat Earthers

Posted on December 22, 2019 by Alex R. Howe

Is the Earth round? Most people say yes, obviously. But a growing (or at least growing in loudness) number on the internet say no. Flat Earthers are (or seem to be) real, and they seem to have an answer to … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Alex R. Howe

Well, here it is: the end* of the Star Wars saga. Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker is the completion of the nine-film series George Lucas originally promised us in 1978. It took 41 years, selling the series to Disney, … Continue reading →

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Cosmology in the 1980s: The Dark Matter Flowchart

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Alex R. Howe

Last week, I wrote about Jim Peebles of Princeton receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics for his body of work in cosmology. However, there’s another cosmology-related essay I’ve been wanting to write for a long time. The Dark Matter Flowchart … Continue reading →

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Jim Peebles: Co-Winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Alex R. Howe

Today is one of the most important days of the year in my line of work: the Nobel Prize award ceremony. The Nobel Peace Prize probably gets the most attention (good and bad) of the six prizes from the public, … Continue reading →

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Frozen II’s Worrying Embrace of Pseudoscience

Posted on December 8, 2019 by Alex R. Howe

I wrote in my review that I thought Frozen II was a very well-made movie. However, there was one thing in the story that I strongly disliked and even found inappropriate for children in a weird way. (Not in the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Frozen II

Posted on December 2, 2019 by Alex R. Howe

Okay, I would have posted this review a week ago, but my computer actually died while I was at the movie, and I had to get a new one. But for those of you who haven’t gotten around to seeing … Continue reading →

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