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Aug 29

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge

Posted by Matt Jones on Tuesday, August 29, 2006. Filed under Daily Life,Photoblog.

While I was down in Tacoma for the memorial service I had some spare time and drove over the Narrows Bridge to see how the construction of the second bridge was going. I also took a few pictures back in May so you can compare those and see how much they have done in the [...]

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Aug 28

Three More Shows and Prayer Requests

Posted by Matt Jones on Monday, August 28, 2006. Filed under Daily Life,Meaningful Song.

I will start with the fun stuff. There are three more shows in Seattle that you should plan on coming to this coming weekend. Friday, Sept 1: Late Tuesday (MySpace) has their Seattle CD release show at the Triple Door. $12, All ages, doors at 6 (you can order food and stuff), show at 8. [...]

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Aug 27

A Sense of Scale: The Solar System

Posted by Matt Jones on Sunday, August 27, 2006. Filed under Science.

Since my last few posts have been scientific in nature, I thought I would continue the theme with a look at scale; specifically the scale of our Solar System. In one of my previous posts, Walk the Solar System, I looked at a scale model representation of the distances in the Solar System (see that [...]

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Aug 24

Creation Science

Posted by Matt Jones on Thursday, August 24, 2006. Filed under Religion,Science,Social Commentary.

Parableman put up Christian Carnival CXXXVI yesterday (for more, see my Christian Carnival Archive) and one of the posts caught my eye: Dr. Hovind and the Age of the Earth from Imago Dei. I wanted to write my thoughts on it here for a few reasons: firstly, Christianity and science are very near and dear [...]

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Aug 24

Pluto is not a Planet

Posted by Matt Jones on Thursday, August 24, 2006. Filed under Science.

Take out a sharpie and start crossing out your text book. Our solar system just got a tad smaller (well, sort of). We have eight planets, not nine. The IAU (International Astronomical Union) has decreed that (among other things) Pluto (and Ceres) are no longer defined as planets, but as dwarf planets. This means that [...]

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Aug 22

Lady in the Water

Posted by Matt Jones on Tuesday, August 22, 2006. Filed under Movies.

Last Saturday when I met up with mom and Erin, we went to see Lady in the Water (which was much more difficult than I expected: it has only been out since July 21st and was only in one theater in Seattle!). [Warning: some minor spoilers ahead] I hadn’t read any reviews of the film [...]

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