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What's 'weird' about it? It's the first Friday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox. Which makes perfect sense if you understand the importance of the spring fertility festivals for the Northern European Pagans. The Easter Bunny, Easter eggs, even the name "Easter" (derived from "Ishtar"). All just as Pagan as the Christmas Tree, Yule Log, even jolly old Satan Claus.

And have a great holiday season.

One way Max Gunther’s book has been criticized is that Gunther got a couple of things wrong. One of the main ones is that Clara claimed the Captain came back to talk to Cooper. We know this did not happen, but we do know that Cooper did talk to the cockpit. Clara was clearly a female and talked to Gunther for the first time in 1982, and was relaying the story secondhand. It is not a big leap to think she got a few things wrong, some maybe on purpose, and certainly made up enough to throw people off about her true identity, but keeping enough to keep the story real. I have four possible hypotheses on who Clara and Dan were. 1. Max made it up. 2. It was Dan Clair and his wife. 3. It was William Smith and his wife. 4. It was Dan and William together. This little blurb about Detroit, Michigan could possibly be connected to a woman named Valeria who was buried with William and his wife. A non relative buried in the family plot would indicate a close connection.

Merry Yule, and a Happy Saturnalia!

We are more certian of Newton's birthday than Jesus's. There is much more confusion about when Jesus was born (assuming he really existed) and was it really a virgin birth (you'd thnk Mark, John and Paul might just have mentioned it in their writings)? More than likely it was in the spring, or in September. Dec 25 was established by papal fiat around 350CE to inherit the existing solstice celebrations.

So Trump's legal team is trying to make the argument that the trial CANNOT move quickly because doing so might require lawyers to work over the holidays. They even (and this is not a joke) called prosecutor Jack Smith "the Grinch" for doing so. Which inspired me: You're a mean one, Mr. Smith You really are a fop! You keep on asking questions and you don't know when to stop Mr Smith! You're a like a determined English bulldog with a . . . Bone he won't drop! You're a rotter, Mr. Smith Your questions sure are vile! You have the mercy and forgiveness of an angry crocodile Mr. Smith! Why, if I had to choose between you and the angry crocodile, I'd choose the . . . Angry crocodile! You nauseate me, Mr. Smith Making deals with a great big snitch! You're a lawyer but you don't know when to listen to the rich Mr. Smith! When I think about our chances with you in court, the three words that come to mind are: sink, sank, sunk! You're a monster, Mr. Smith Your heart's an empty hole! Your brain is full of legalese, you have lawsuits in your soul Mr. Smith! Your notebook is the most appalling pile of legal facts imaginable, all organized into . . folders and docs!