Category Archives: Science and Technology

Order of the Pineapple 2020: Michael E. Brown and Robert Shea

Posted on 2020/01/18 by The Loveshade Family

EDIT: Some people apparently had trouble posting on this and possibly other blog entries. Sorry about that, but we think we have the problem fixed. The 2020 winners of the Order of the Pineapple have been announced! (This is only … Continue reading →

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Alden Loveshade: Why Wait Til I’m Dead Again

Posted on 2020/01/14 by The Loveshade Family

Three years after its original posting, we’re reopening comments for Alden Loveshade’s “Why Wait Til I’m Dead?” post of three years ago this month. Alden asks that, rather than wait until the funeral to say what you want to say, … Continue reading →

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Alden Loveshade End of the Year 2019

Posted on 2019/12/20 by Alden Loveshade

How ya all doin’?  Letting another year end?  Well, here’s another End of the Year Letter! In writing news, I had some articles and a story published/scheduled to be published, and a satirical news article picked up by at least … Continue reading →

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Exchange Students from Anywhere and Anywhen

Posted on 2019/10/08 by Alden Loveshade

This is the last call for submissions to the anthology “Exchange Students.” I’m going to be in it; will you? “Editor Sheila Hartney and I (David Lee Summers) have been enjoying reading the wonderful submissions that have been coming in … Continue reading →

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Media Bias/Fact Check–Biased?

Posted on 2019/08/26 by Alden Loveshade

I recently became aware of a service called Media Bias/Fact Check which calls itself “The Most Comprehensive Media Bias Resource.” That sounds great–unless the resource itself is biased. So I did a rather informal check of my own. I chose … Continue reading →

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The Moon and the Future of Humanity

Posted on 2019/07/20 by Alden Loveshade

“That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.” — Neil Armstrong, 20 July 1969 Today marks the 50th anniversary of something completely unprecedented in human history–a human being landing, and the next day setting foot, on … Continue reading →

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FM Mind Control

Posted on 2018/09/01 by The Loveshade Family

“In telecommunications including radio, frequency modulation (FM) is the encoding of information in a carrier wave by varying the instantaneous frequency of the wave. In practice, it is used as a form of mind control.” This article featured on the … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump Lies

Posted on 2018/01/26 by Alden Loveshade

All right, so the title of this entry is hardly ground-breaking.  Even supporters of Donald Trump say he lies (and may justify it by saying all politicians lie and they don’t care). But comparing the number and type of Trump’s … Continue reading →

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9 Incredible Benefits of Breastfeeding

Posted on 2018/01/18 by The Loveshade Family

An opinion by guest blogger Jessica M Breastfeeding is the most natural way of taking care of your little one. It’s an incredible method of nourishing your baby, and its benefits extend beyond the basic nutrition. There is no denying … Continue reading →

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Alden Loveshade: Why Wait Til I’m Dead?

Posted on 2017/01/07 by The Loveshade Family

IMPORTANT: As of this posting (and as of 2020 January 14 as comments are again being accepted), Alden Loveshade is very much alive. Alden has been to far too many funerals/memorial services in the past few years, parent(s), sibling(s), uncle(s), … Continue reading →

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