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    Sunday Morning Coming Down

    Robert Hamill 15 Apr 20146 Dec 2024Leave a comment

    When I said, "Hi, how you doing?" this attractive brunette with a flip hairdo looked at me as if I'd spoken a foreign language. She…

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    10:08. Damn! His school night curfew was 10.

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    Gas Price Inflation
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    Gas Price Inflation

    Robert Hamill 4 Feb 201428 Apr 2023Leave a comment

    In Twilight Zone episode, gas is 32.9 cents/gal. Now it's 10 times higher. What's the inflation rate?

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    Black Hole Derivation
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    Black Hole Derivation

    Robert Hamill 17 Jan 201429 May 2022Leave a comment

    I was fiddling around with a particle accelerating to the speed of light in a gravitational field. I came up with r

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    Magazines and Anthologies with Short Stories

    Robert Hamill 21 Dec 2013Leave a comment

    I noticed the other day when I posted a snapshot of 'Buffalo Girls' that it was the first novel I'd read in 4 months. After…

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    Gore-Tex Invention
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    Gore-Tex Invention

    Robert Hamill 6 Dec 201310 Aug 2023Leave a comment

    Another case where science moved by fits and starts rather than reasoned logic.

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    Obama The Good, the Bad, and the Uglies
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    Obama The Good, the Bad, and the Uglies

    Robert Hamill 26 Nov 201330 May 2022Leave a comment

    The ugly came out in extreme supporters and opponents. Each believed they had the one true truth and the other side is evil incarnate. Compromise…

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    Minimum Wage Boosts GDP
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    Minimum Wage Boosts GDP

    Robert Hamill 12 Nov 201317 Jun 2024Leave a comment

    More of the worker’s income goes into economic activity, increasing GDP while the owners build their savings.

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    Festival at Thurmont

    Robert Hamill 14 Oct 2013Leave a comment

    The bright streamers seemed pennants of aristocratic families and fair beauties. Local peasants hawked their handiworks, made in the dim light of the fireside, after…

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    Two Big Questions
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    Two Big Questions

    Robert Hamill 9 Oct 201330 May 2022Leave a comment

    1. If you believe in religion, how do you logically reject other supernatural interventions? 2. If you believe in science, how do explain free will?

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