Virtual Mirage

  Mars Colony? I am skeptical of the viability of a human Mars colony in the foreseeable future. Ray Bradbury…

Thoughts: The calendar says astronomical fall does not start until the autumnal equinox around September 22 or 23. I’ve always…

Theme song     US Navy Mammal Programs When I was in the Navy, I had a (secret) office (CTF-168.0) …

Caption: Dangerous curves ahead.   AI-Assisted BioWeapon Design and Production After COVID-19, we need to consider the next gain-of-function product.…

It’s a special day at the White Wolf Mine – a full moon.   Bullet Points: ** Convert or die…nothing…

Caption: Make it a Romeo Foxtrot! Shall we dance?   Bullet Points: ** Some day this war’s gonna end…you either…

Caption: Moving the radar from SCAN (beeping on the threat warning) to track with a radar lock (solid tone). But…

Bullet Points: ** ISW assesses the Russian Summer Offensive campaign in Ukraine. ** The Maghreb is not simply a post-colonial…

    Bullet Points: ** (right) One Shot~ Don Oelze ** Spinning – Sagittarius A research results. Conventional logic holds…

Caption: No? You’re no daisy?   In Arizona Virgil Earp’s wife, Allie, was the last living member of the family…

  Cutting for sign – right – “Seneca Scouts” Artist: Robert Griffing   Writing  The Duelist Series Continues: The Confederate…

  Summer Reading Vengeance and Retribution is now available. (340 pages – 90,000 words in length)Welcome to 1865 and the…

      Bullet Points: ** Question of the day (see right) – do you prefer leather or plastic? **…

Caption: Own it, Frank!     Bullet Points: ** African, Arab, and Atlantic Slave Trade are analyzed. ** (see right)…

Caption: The Virtual Mirage Blog – exploring the human condition one day at a time without dumping bleach into the…

(There is a small residential neighborhood named Briarwick located in Houston, Texas. They do not have a water tower fitted…

Caption: Newport Beach, California. Should I have moved to the beach (with all that it is and isn’t) instead of…

Caption: I don’t think that “books” will end, because media will take over the transmission of concepts and texts, but…

Caption: Sort of an A-6…through an AI lens.   Bullet Points: ** New laser weapons could give the U.S. military…

  Bullet Points: ** Never regret raising dragon slayers in an era where there are actual dragons. ** BRM chats…