Lost in Space

It's a rainy day here again. So what better time for exploring the past? Recently I heard in the news that they have discovered a planet orbiting Proxima Centauri. A planet that has the potential to sustain life.

It seems we have always been fascinated with what exists up there in that space beyond our reach. Are there other worlds that will sustain life? Are there others out there?

Back in 1938 Orson Welles created a radio show that was so real that if you tuned in after the beginning credits you might have thought it real. And many did. It created quite a panic in places.

In 1965 a popular TV show of the time revolved around the journey of a family, and various crew members, to explore the outer regions of space, for the most part unintentionally.  Hmm...I couldn't get a link to the full first episode, but if you want to see all of it you can zip over to You Tube.  They have it there.

And there might actually be people out there who remember the movie ET and one of its more iconic scenes. A far more warm and fuzzy rendering of alien life than in War of the Worlds.

They've found other planets before that had the potential for life but which turned out to be a false start. But in the meantime it is fun and maybe, if the future of climate change proves to be as dark as some suggest, critical to imagine what could be another world for human life.

So if you have a rainy afternoon to fill, and want a break from current events, check out our imaginings from the past, and maybe the future? :)

Shattered Dreams

I know, I know, I have been promising a lighter post, but somehow circumstances arise that point me in another direction. Recently Lee sent me a link to a piece he had found on Egypt, Iraq, Libya and Syria, the countries that have been so affected by war and the rise of ISIS(Daesh) in the region.  What I found unique was that it wasn't just on one country, or one turn of events, but on the series of events that have placed that region into such turmoil today. It also followed various people in their travels through the violence that has so shattered their homes, and their dreams.

We so fear those who are seeking refuge in our countries I felt it might be appropriate to at least shed a little light on their plight. This magazine article does that. It is long, but well worth the time to read.

Fractured Lands

Benghazi in Crisis

I was planning on doing a lighter post as we've been so serious of late, but I ran across this interesting piece on the PBS Frontline website about Benghazi and thought you all might be interested.  It appears that another front has opened up in the fight against Daesh that may prove just as challenging as that of Syria and Iraq.

The video isn't very long, just shy of 20 minutes or so.

Benghazi in Crisis