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    If you write for God you will reach many men and bring them joy. If you write for men you may make some money and you may give someone a little joy and you may make a noise in the world, for a little while. If you write only for yourself you can read what you yourself have written and after ten minutes you will be so disgusted you will wish that you were dead.

    - Thomas Merton, from New Seeds of Contemplation

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    Image of Saturn (tbsp) and Rhea courtesy NASA/JPL

    Archive for the "Natural history" Category

    Consider we now the lobster

    This from the one and only Lobsterman: Lobsters molt (shed their shells) to grow. They secrete enzymes that soften the shell and connective shell joints. The shell splits up the back and the creature backs out leaving it behind…including the membrane that covered the eyes. They will increase their size by about 20% at every [...]