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Reducing life to math

We can measure the speed of the earth’s elliptical rotation around the sun and thus determine its exact location next Nov. 18 at 7:36 p.m. ... Read more

by Rex Alphin, Wednesday, July 9, 2014 10:11 am

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The Old Man and the Pea

“The tragedy of old age,” Jane said, “is not that one is old, but that one is young.” - Annie Dillard, “The Maytrees” Read more

by Rex Alphin, Wednesday, July 2, 2014 10:41 am

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Unleashing the Imagination

Without it, Tolstoy’s pen would lie dormant, the moon would hold no footprint, polio would ravage our children, gravity would be nameless. Language itself would ... Read more

by Rex Alphin, Wednesday, June 25, 2014 10:23 am

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I shall miss you, ocean

I will miss our never-ending conversations. You, like myself, uncomfortable in silence while in midst of other souls, fill the void with whispers of enticement ... Read more

by Rex Alphin, Wednesday, June 18, 2014 9:43 am

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Human/smartphone wedding vows

We are gathered here today, in the presence of many witnesses, to join together in matrimony these two. The act of entering into this union ... Read more

by Rex Alphin, Wednesday, June 11, 2014 10:17 am

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Collision course

They were two objects of similar size traveling through the atmosphere at identical speeds, one trekking due east and the other due west through the ... Read more

by Rex Alphin, Wednesday, June 4, 2014 9:58 am

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The start of a good story

The rotation of the earth turned its surface from the shade into the light being generated by a sphere a million times its size. The ... Read more

by Rex Alphin, Wednesday, May 28, 2014 10:44 am

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17 things you don’t have enough money to buy

1. The love of a good woman. 2. A 3-year-old’s laugh. He could care less about money. He only cares if it’s funny! 3. An ... Read more

by Rex Alphin, Wednesday, May 21, 2014 9:36 am

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Taking nature by the throat

We pulled up to the gated community, stopped by a red striped gate blocking access. A prim dressed security guard emerged from the medium building, ... Read more

by Rex Alphin, Wednesday, May 14, 2014 10:01 am

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A life of penance

Waiting for the day’s appointment of patients to begin their solitary walk through my office door, I pondered what sort of human trials would reveal ... Read more

by Rex Alphin, Wednesday, May 7, 2014 10:41 am

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