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The Boxing Day Tsunamis
On this day in 2004 a massive underground earthquake measuring 9.3 occurred with an epicenter off the west coast of northern Sumatra....
Chet A. Kisiel
26 gru 20182 minut(y) czytania
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HoHoHo! and All That
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by...
Chet A. Kisiel
24 gru 20184 minut(y) czytania
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The Plight of Christians in a Hostile World
A Muslim Congresswoman=elect recently posted an offensive Tweet about Vice President Mike Pence together with the words, “Jesus take the...
Chet A. Kisiel
18 gru 20184 minut(y) czytania
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Dan Brown Does It Again
Dan Brown’s new thriller Origin was published last year and caused quite a stir. His previous books featuring the intrepid Robert...
Chet A. Kisiel
16 gru 20185 minut(y) czytania
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Non Multa Sed Multum
In a previous post (Memento mori) I mentioned how little time we have. The Latin phrase Non multa sed multum teaches us how not to waste...
Chet A. Kisiel
15 gru 20184 minut(y) czytania
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A Day Which Will Live in Infamy
The America with which we are familiar was not born on July 4, 1776, but on December 7, 1941. On a quiet Sunday morning in the American...
Chet A. Kisiel
6 gru 20183 minut(y) czytania
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A Memorable Landing
After a voyage of nearly 7 months, NASA’s Insight probe landed safely on the red planet. The probe covered the distance of 54 million...
Chet A. Kisiel
29 lis 20184 minut(y) czytania
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Paradise Lost
Over the past couple of weeks, we have witnessed the fury of Nature let loose on the hapless people of California. The city of Paradise...
Chet A. Kisiel
27 lis 20184 minut(y) czytania
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Gratitude Has Amnesia
The following exchange takes place in Chapter 2 of my forthcoming thriller The Italian Venture, which provides a good introduction to the...
Chet A. Kisiel
21 lis 20184 minut(y) czytania
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Ozymandias
The summer of 1816 was cold, stormy, and gloomy. Global temperatures had fallen from 4 to 7 degrees Celsius. Crops failed, resulting in...
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11 lis 20183 minut(y) czytania
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Trick or Treat?
In the evening of October 31st the doorbell rings. You open it and see one or more urchins dressed as witcnes, goblins, mummies, the...
Chet A. Kisiel
31 paź 20183 minut(y) czytania
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Amor Fati or Love Life No Matter What
No, dear readers, this post is not about love, as the word Amor in this Latin phrase might suggest.Amor fati literally means “love of...
Chet A. Kisiel
28 paź 20184 minut(y) czytania
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Memento Mori
The New York Times Obituary Section on the weekend September 7-9 featured a grimly diverse list of deaths: Eric Lessing, photographer,...
Chet A. Kisiel
18 paź 20183 minut(y) czytania
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Are You a Boor?
When you look at yourself in the mirror in the morning as you shave (unless you have a beard) or put on your makeup, do you ever ask...
Chet A. Kisiel
27 wrz 20183 minut(y) czytania
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Batman Meets Aristotle
“Robin, by the furrows on your brow, as you bend and squint over that book, I gather that you are troubled,” said Bruce Wayne to his ward...
Chet A. Kisiel
13 wrz 20186 minut(y) czytania
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World Suicide Prevention Day
Suicide is a worldwide problem and affects individuals of all cultures, nations, religions, genders, and classes. The countries with the...
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10 wrz 20182 minut(y) czytania
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Body Snatchers and John Stuart Mill in the Dock
A hush came over the courtroom after tiny prosecuting attorney Sue Pine-Coffin made her impassioned case and demanded ten years in jail...
Chet A. Kisiel
5 wrz 20182 minut(y) czytania
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A Doctor of the Soul
In the second century of our era there lived a man, a former slave, a cripple, who attracted a large following with his teaching. Like...
Chet A. Kisiel
1 wrz 20183 minut(y) czytania
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A Re-visit to Hanseatic Gdansk
On April 3rd, at eight thirty in the morning, my wife and I loaded up the car, put our two cats (in pet transporters) on the back seat...
Chet A. Kisiel
15 sie 20184 minut(y) czytania
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A Celestial Visitor
One evening at dusk, I had fallen asleep listening to music on YouTube. Suddenly, a noise awakened me. In the gloom, I thought I saw an...
Chet A. Kisiel
13 sie 20183 minut(y) czytania
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