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Author Archives: Tom Hopp
Triumph of the Toads
If I get tired of writing about certain tedious people, I can always concoct a scene in which they die horribly or are driven to an ignominious end. Continue reading
The New Old Me
How can a body help but look erudite, wise, party-to-hidden-knowledge, and all those other traits of wizards, scientists and writers when one has such a snowy effusion all over one’s head? Continue reading
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Rediscovering the Lost Waterfall
I caught a glimpse of these falls 37 years ago while bushwhacking alone through rugged backcountry, and caught that glimpse at great peril to my life. Continue reading
Blue Dawn–Daylight Savings Time Hurts
Come on DC, for the health of us all, repeal the Daylight Savings Time extension at least–if not the whole cockamamie idea that the government should control time. Continue reading
Posted in Real Science
Tagged Daylight Savings Time, effect, harmful, health, photobiology, sleep pattern
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The Curious Chlorides of Mars
Mars rovers have reported some reasonably good environments where microbes could have flourished. But they didn’t. Why not? Could it be the chlorides? Continue reading
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Tagged chlorides, Mars, Mars rover
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Leaving home
I haven’t sold my West Seattle home yet but I’m already nostalgic for it. Continue reading
Eddie Hopp and the Swinging Seabees of ACORN 44
Eddie Hopp did double duty in World War II. He worked as a Seabee on Okinawa all day and played boogie-woogie piano all evening. Continue reading
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A Candle Took My Eye Out
The EPA has laws against letting diesel exhaust get in people’s lungs, but somehow, nobody is complaining about candle smoke. You should. Continue reading
Asteroid strikes Earth? What a novel idea!
I wrote about what it would be like to experience an asteroid impact firsthand, way back in 2000. Now, eerily, I seem to have had it just about right. Continue reading
Posted in Author, From Outta Space
Tagged asteroid, Blood On The Moon, Chase Armstrong, Chelyabinsk, Dinosaur Country, Dinosaur Wars, Dr. Ogilvey, Earthfall, ebook, Kit Daniels, meteor, science fiction
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Writings from the Northwest Corner
The Neah Virus arises seemingly out of nowhere. In contrast to the smallpox epidemics of the 1850s, it kills outsiders but leaves Makah Indians untouched. Hmmm. How could that be? Better ask the old shaman, Gordon Steel. He seems to know more than he is saying. Or better yet, ask Raven, the trickster spirit. Continue reading
Posted in Author, Indian Country
Tagged mystery, Native American, Peyton McKean, Seattle, Shaman, The Neah Virus
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