Milton’s Paradise Lost is rarely read today. But this epic poem, at over 350 years old, remains a work of unparalleled imaginative genius that shapes English literature even now. In more than 10,000 lines of blank verse, it tells the story of the war for heaven and of man’s expulsion from Eden. Its dozen sections are an ambitious attempt to comprehend... Read more
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Why You Should Re-Read Paradise Lost
January 10 | Posted by mrossol | Education, Interesting, LiteratureAstronomers Discover Massive Planet 10 Times Bigger Than Jupiter
December 10 | Posted by mrossol | Interesting, ScienceThe Epoch Times and Nature, 12/9/2021 By Katabella Roberts
A group of astronomers has discovered one of the biggest planets ever found orbiting a massive and extremely hot two-star system, despite previously believing that such an environment was too inhospitable for a planet to form in.
The planet was discovered by Markus Janson, a professor of astronomy at Stockholm University, and colleagues, according to research published...
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Merry Christmas 2021
December 9 | Posted by mrossol | Food, Interesting, PersonalSo this year I will try a Christmas Card ‘blog post’. (I do have this ‘blog’ that tracks some of what I think.) 20 and 21 – who would have thunk it?! Well, at least in 2021 covid (or perhaps the authorities?) began losing its grip on us and life was not nearly as restricted as 2020.... Read more
Iran’s Nuclear Negotiators Make the U.S. Sit at the Kiddie Table
November 28 | Posted by mrossol | InterestingThis is just fine with the President of the ‘Free’ World. Those whom the Democrats appointed to most agencies and offices of this administration are spineless when it comes to standing up for the principles of America and the west. They are will to sacrifice it all on the altar of ??? mrossol WSJ 11/28/2021 By Reuel... Read more
German Fisherman Catches Ultra-Rare Bright-Yellow Catfish That Looks Like Giant Banana
November 22 | Posted by mrossol | Interesting
A professional angler from Germany reeled in a rare bright-yellow wels catfish—like a giant, writhing banana with gills—while fishing with his twin brother on a lake in the Netherlands.
The fisherman from Duisburg, Martin Glatz, on Oct. 4 was testing out a new lure, and at first thought he’d hooked a fish...
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