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That Hawai’ian trip, 82 million years ago

By Jeffrey the Barak. Let’s say you are hanging out near Hilo on the big island of Hawai’i and wondering what was going on in the neighborhood, oh let’s say, 82 million years ago. Well if you had a time machine and went back 82 million years or so, you might find yourself in a… Read More That Hawai’ian trip, 82 million years ago

October 23, 2019December 6, 2022 thebarakLeave a comment

A Passion for Time

By Jeffrey the Barak. Time is a cruel bedfellow. It never goes backwards and we can only lose it. As it goes on, we get older and older, and eventually die. And yet how we love it so. We have defined it, reinvented it, measured it and subdivided it. I myself feel a great warmth… Read More A Passion for Time

July 4, 2018December 6, 2022 thebarakLeave a comment

The Various Types Of Non-Believers

By Jeffrey the Barak. The Anti-Theist Anti-Theists don’t just look away from religion and beliefs, they stand up and speak out about how such beliefs are false and wrong. They feel strongly enough about it to be impolite or confrontational, not out of hatred or intolerance, but out of the desire for truth and logic… Read More The Various Types Of Non-Believers

April 2, 2018December 6, 2022 thebarak1 Comment

Unimportant Subject Matter?

By Jeffrey the Barak. All writing is important, as are all subjects. One magazine or blog cannot solve the problems of the world. This is why the-vu expounds on subjects as diverse as drums, cars, scooters, abandoned highways and many other topics of specialized interest. Obviously, while we do this, there are criminals in charge… Read More Unimportant Subject Matter?

April 2, 2018December 10, 2022 thebarakLeave a comment

Are we building the wrong way?

By Jeffrey the Barak. Most Westerners live in one of two types of house. Either it is masonry, solid, strong, but not much good in an earthquake, or they are in a wood-frame cage with the gaps filled in with drywall and stucco. High rise dwellers may instead be in a steel cage with concrete… Read More Are we building the wrong way?

June 19, 2013December 6, 2022 thebarak1 Comment

I used to be Hawai’i

By Jeffrey the Barak. __ I used to be Hawai’i I am the Detroit Tablemount. I am two and a half thousand meters under the sea. To my East is the West, Attu Island, the edge of the USA. To my North is the East. Ostrov Mednyy, the edge of Russia I used to be… Read More I used to be Hawai’i

October 11, 2012December 6, 2022 thebarakLeave a comment

The alleys turn to dust

By Jeffrey the Barak. When a city or a state runs out of money, it takes longer for potholes to be fixed in the roadway. It takes even longer for sidewalks to be repaired, despite their upheaval due to short-sighted tree planting decades ago. But far behind on the priorities, are the service alleys. Behind… Read More The alleys turn to dust

February 2, 2012December 6, 2022 thebarak1 Comment

What is in that dust?

By Jeffrey the Barak. As usual, I spent a few minutes today playing with my trusty vacuum cleaner and also a Swiffer duster. And as usual, the vacuum and the duster each had plenty of dust to pick up. Sometimes I cannot see dust without putting on my eyeglasses, but that’s another problem altogether. So… Read More What is in that dust?

January 26, 2012December 6, 2022 thebarak1 Comment

One time everywhere in the world

By Jeffrey the Barak. Have you ever seen a time zone map? Its a rectangular projection of our globe, like most maps, where small distances at the poles are stretched for thousands of miles and large distances at the equator look tiny by comparison. But my preference for globes is not the focus of this… Read More One time everywhere in the world

December 28, 2011December 6, 2022 thebarak13 Comments

Lahaina Noon in Hawai’i

Lahaina noon no shadow

By Jeffrey the Barak. The State of Hawai’i is the only place in the United States in which you can lose your shadow, outside, in the middle of the day. when there are no clouds. In Hawai’i this is known as Lahaina Noon and it happens twice a year, but on different dates, depending where… Read More Lahaina Noon in Hawai’i

May 21, 2011December 6, 2022 thebarakLeave a comment

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