Metro Gourmet
Quickie Lunch: Orange Shrimp Pasta. What’s on your plate?
Boil your pasta. In this case 12 minutes. In the mean time heat a couple of tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil. Add chopped onion, a full tablespoon of dried Read more…
Awesome Stuff Sweet Passion: Collecting
Gold Encrusted Porcelain. Also called Gilding.
My very first encounter with this technique of gold applied to porcelain was a tea set, not the one above, created by Gorham. Or course, I bought it and this Read more…
Funky Wonky
A Figure of Speech Game:
Things have gotten sad lately with so much painful news. We decided, at Capricorn Science, to offer some fun, of the interactive kind. Leave your discoveries in the comment box. Read more…
Good Vibes
The Art of Dating: 2020
Dating is both intriguing and terrifying. Putting yourself “out there” in search of finding your match, your other. Some people know exactly what they want, Some people have no idea Read more…
Awesome Stuff
The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams. Are you real?
“Real isn’t how you are made,”said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens to you, When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play Read more…
Politics
Have you really met President Jimmy Carter?
The engines that move me are philosophy, ethics, morals and the lack of them. Of every single word I have read and studied my entire life I walk away with Read more…
Poetry 4 the Soul
If you like political intrigue, no one has said it better…
Macbeth: A brave Scottish general named Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become king of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to Read more…
Poetry 4 the Soul
“I Am!” a poem by John Carre.
“I Am” is a poem written by English poet John Carre in late 1844 or 1845 and published in 1843. It was composed when Carre was in the Northampton General Read more…
Brainiack
Are we living in a computer simulation? Part 5
Note: During this segment Nick Bortrom puts together the logic and formulas that demonstrate and measure (a) the fraction of all human-level technological civilizations that survive to reach a posthuman Read more…
Brainiack
“Are we living in a computer simulation?” by Nick Bostrom Part 4
Note: While taking my initial dive into the study of Nick Bostrom’s philosophical paper “Are we living in a computer simulation?” it occurred to me that a direct answer to Read more…
Brainiack
Happy First Inception Date, Capricorn Science.
It was a year ago today, that I opened the account with Word Press and named this baby blog Capricorn Science. By late October we were designed and up and Read more…
Awesome Stuff
Reflections on the Joy of Silence.
Like most people, I was born in a busy city listening to the noises of cars, buses, planes, phones, and people… This has been the norm since forever. It became Read more…
Brainiack
“Are we living in a computer simulation?” Part 3
It appears appropriate that during the worlds incarceration, due to a pandemic, to examine more closely, post-humanism and the possibility or probability that this hand has already been played and Read more…
Brainiack
Are we living in a computer simulation. Part 2
Part one of this blog/discussion was titled “Existential Questions that Need Answers”. It contains an introduction to Nick Bostrom and his prolific career as a philosopher of Artificial Intelligence and Read more…
Metro Gourmet
French Toast with a new twist.
French Toast: whole grain bread dipped in Pancake Mix. About a year ago a friend mentioned that she and her husband were low on Pancake Mix and decided to mix Read more…
Healthy Living
Stress Kills.
While we battle the Coronavirus pandemic and try to survive plus help others, it is important to remember that stress, in extreme form, could also kill us. The effort exerted Read more…
Funky Wonky
The Contrarian
The contrarian is that person that looks at any given fact or fiction and questions it thoroughly as a normal part of their thought process. The contrarian looks at light Read more…
