So now it's the Delta variant working its havoc. It fills ICUs. It evokes dismal recollections of the time nearly a year and a half ago when we first struggled to understand what was happening to our once-familiar world. It confronts us once more with the question: how many times do we got to do … [Read more...]
H. G. Wells, Orson Welles, “New Jersey UFO” – Thoughts on “The War of the Worlds”
"With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter. It is possible that the infusoria under the microscope do the same." --H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, Book 1, chapter 1 For anyone who's written … [Read more...]
Of Viruses and Martians – John M. Barry’s “The Great Influenza”
John M. Barry, The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History. Viking Press, 2004. It's hard reviewing a book you haven't read. That remains true even if you have heard the entire book read aloud as an audiobook, listening to it on an iPod as you took the early … [Read more...]
“2020 – The Summer of the Saucers” (Navy UFO Videos, Pentagon Task Force, New York Times)
"This is a big one for me — maybe the one I feel most strongly about," Bryce Zabel (@hollywoodufos) tweeted on August 13 about his article "People Get Ready," published that same day on medium.com. It's an important article, filled with prophecies, nearly all of which I think are bound to fail. … [Read more...]
A UFO “Epidemic”? – “Extraterrestrial Vampires” and the Coronavirus
The answer, in my opinion, is no. The question, in case you've forgotten, is the one I posed at the end of my blog post two weeks ago. "Shall we speak of an 'epidemic' of chupa chupas, vampire-like 'suckers' that rise from the sea and attack from the sky," as a model for understanding the spate … [Read more...]
