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Keep Watching the Skies

This coming Wednesday, November the 1st 2017, from 8:00-10:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time, I’m going to be a guest on Podcast UFO. The subject is going to be Betty and Barney Hill. Those who want to prepare might read this paper: Amabile, JD, MD, Phyllis E. and Jobe, MD, Thomas H. (1987) “Hypnosis in theContinue reading “Keep Watching the Skies”

Doubling Down

All too often these days we read or hear in the news, “[Name of politician] doubled down on his earlier remarks…” So what does it mean to “double down”? The term comes from the world of gambling, specifically from the game of Blackjack (AKA “Twenty-one”). The object of the game is to draw cards soContinue reading “Doubling Down”

A Brace of Peeves

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
Because sometimes they come in matched sets. Peeve One: Criteria is a plural, dammit. The singular is criterion. (The word is Greek in origin – the –on ending is a clue.) Peeve Two: Data is also a plural. The singular is datum. (This one is Latin. Again, the…

Some Useful Thoughts from Outside the Field

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
Eric Owyoung is a composer and musician who performs with his band as Future of Forestry.? Like many another creative type, he also does teaching gigs (hey, my co-author and I have done them; it’s a way to even out the income stream), and he blogs about a…

Peeve of the Day

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
Listen up, people. I keep reading bits of narrative lately where a character who’s walking around aimlessly or randomly is described as “milling about.” No. Milling about is not something one person does, or even two people.? Milling about requires at least a small crowd.? The “mill” part…