Essex Mountain Sanatorium- A strange, sad place

There’s something intensely creepy about abandoned places.  Perhaps it’s in the look of a place that is no longer lived in but has instead died and begun to rot, something that seems to push visitors away even as it draws them in.  An atmosphere that almost...

Sometimes I hate fact checking

I hate it because I find something really interesting, like this: The US standard railroad gauge is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number.The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd...

Well, I’m sort of settled…

Haha, well I am moved.  Whoo!  I’m also passed the worst of my sickness, which means that I’m only hacking up lungs now, not my entire system. *cough cough HACK* Moving was a bit of an issue, however, as I was running up and down ramps, driving u...

Why is the internet filled with cats?

What is the internet?  Is it a communication platform?  A learning tool?  A self-publishing forum?  An AI in the making?No.  It’s a vehicle for cats.  The best line is in the beginning: “A phone this powerful can do...

Nemesis looming?

Essentially the Nemesis theory comes from research done by David Raup and Jack Sepkoski.  Back in 1984 they published a paper claiming that there was a statistically relevant periodicity over the last 250 million years.  Basically they identified 12 big...

*Cough cough hack*

Apparently there was some kind of virus incubating in my room that I’ve disturbed with my packing, perhaps hidden twixt the pages of seldom opened books, or perhaps napping against the window on the bus exposed me to a previous passenger’s infection. ...