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Published on July 30, 2014 04:00

Tabby's Nocturnal Nights: Dealing with change

Tabby's Nocturnal Nights: Dealing with change: This has been a time of big changes for me. After losing my second dog—a dog I’d had for 15 years, a dog that was always at my side and a do...

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Published on July 29, 2014 16:10

Monday Musings: Arizona sunsets #2

This is my favorite one because of the reflection in the pool. I caught the light at just the right moment.

Magical.

I like the blue spaces between the clouds painted by the sunset.

I like the deep hues and different layers of color.

I like this one because of the different colors.

The sky looks like it’s on fire. Beautiful.

Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author

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Published on July 28, 2014 04:00

I wasn’t sure about this show at first, but I watched it and was drawn into the story of a post-apocalyptic earth and different alien races living alongside humans. What I like about this show is that instead of taking place during an alien invasion, it takes place after an alien invasion that almost destroyed earth, and we get to see how all of the different races try to come together and rebuild society. I see parallels between our world today and a world where aliens replace different races. There is racism and differing religious beliefs that cause conflict in the new mixed society.

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Published on July 25, 2014 04:00

Weird Word Wednesday

Agammaglobulinemia agam·ma·glob·u·lin·emia

noun \ˌā-ˌga-mə-ˌglä-byə-lə-ˈnē-mē-ə\

Definition of AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA

: a condition in which the body forms few or no gamma globulins or antibodies

— agam·ma·glob·u·lin·emic adjective

Origin of AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA

New Latin, from a- + International Scientific Vocabularygamma globulin + New Latin -emia

First Known Use: circa 1952

agam·ma·glob·u·lin·emia

noun (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA

: a pathological condition in which the body forms few or no gamma globulins or antibodies—comparedysgammaglobulinemia

Variants of AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA

agam·ma·glob·u·lin·emia or chiefly Britishagam·ma·glob·u·lin·ae·mia

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Published on July 23, 2014 04:00

Monday Musings: More backyard wildlife--Godzilla pics and mysterious holes

Godzilla has been hanging here for a couple of weeks. He doesn’t run away from me anymore.

This one is hard to see, but he is looking right at me.

I hope he eats all the bugs in my yard.

This freaked me out. I saw it the other morning. Something big was digging in my yard. I think and hope it was a rabbit trying to hide, but I don’t know. Yikes!

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Published on July 21, 2014 04:00

Favorite Friday

Favorite TV show

Motive

I didn’t want to watch this show at first. I was kind of bored with all the cop procedure shows, and I didn’t see the point of watching a show that reveals the murderer and victim in the beginning. It turns out this is a genius idea. I started watching it because there wasn’t anything else on at that time I wanted to watch. And now I want to watch it every week. Why? Because after I see the murderer and the victim, I have to know why that person killed the other person. At first, it appears so unlikely that the seemingly normal, nice person would kill someone. But I guess everyone has a breaking point. And that is the draw for me to keep watching. This show focuses more on the killer and victim and less on the private lives of the cops, though we do get to see some of their private battles play out.

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Published on July 18, 2014 04:00

Weird Word Wednesday

Agamic agam·ic

adjective \(ˌ)ā-ˈga-mik\

Definition of AGAMIC

: asexual, parthenogenetic

Origin of AGAMIC

Greek agamos unmarried, from a- + gamos marriage

First Known Use: 1816

Rhymes with AGAMIC

Adamic, balsamic, ceramic, dynamic

agam·ic

adjective \(ˈ)ā-ˈgam-ik\ (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of AGAMIC

: asexual, parthenogenetic

—agam·i·cal·ly adverb

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Published on July 16, 2014 04:00

Monday Musings: Moon pics #2

Moon at sunset (This is my favorite and the most beautiful time of the day.)

Moon in the black of night (I like the contrast between the bright moon and night sky.)

Moon with a side of palm tree

Moon in the midst of sunset colored clouds (This one was captured by accident. I caught it at just the right time to get the moon’s detail and the clouds colored by the setting sun.)

Crescent moon framed by palo verde branches

Crescent moon and jet stream (Another happy accident.)

Crescent moon glimmering in the night sky between branches

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Published on July 14, 2014 04:00

Favorite Friday

Favorite TV show

Dominion

I just watched the pilot for this new SyFy series. It’s based on the movie Legion about the archangel Michael siding with the humans in a war against the angels. In the movie, he protects a young pregnant woman who carries the savior who will end the war. The series picks up 25 years later when the “savior” is all grown up and just discovers what he is. The war between humans and angels has been on hold. Factions run the country. This is a dark series and not for those who believe angels exist to help us. In Dominion, angels, all but Michael, hate humans and want to destroy us. I like it. Maybe because I tend to like dark tales and don’t believe angels are nice with halos and white wings. SyFy has also turned up the heat lately. There were a few partial nudity scenes in the pilot. I can live with that. Recommended to fans of dark angel stories with angel orgies (yes, this is true) and post-apocalyptic worlds.

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