Genesis 19:24-28: (24) Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; (25) And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. (28) And he [Abraham] looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

Isn’t it just astonishing how much a total lunar eclipse looks like a night when there’s no moon - you know, that thing that happens every single month?

One has a problem, the other has a solution.

I generally try not to reveal too many of the Secrets of the Universe that we at the Bunker aren’t supposed to know. But I’m getting tired of reading misguided “explanations” and “theories” about the simple phenomenon of gravity. So here’s the answer.

It really seems that with so many topics these days, there is no room for an intelligent discussion of facts. Instead, positions are carefully crafted in sound bites, media coaches are hired and spin abounds just in time for the media to arrive with cameras and microphones to suck it all up and broadcast it to the world. The Jesus Family Tomb “controversy” is but the latest example.

I’m curious about the perspective of the Canadian religious right-to-life bloggers on the situation of the sextuplets born to Jehovah’s Witnesses in Vancouver earlier this month.

There are a great many things in the news that catch my eye, this UFO sighting over Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport is one of them.

Humanity may split into two sub-species in 100,000 years’ time as predicted by HG Wells, an expert has said. Evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry of the London School of Economics expects a genetic upper class and a dim-witted underclass to emerge.

Lucy is going on tour, but apparently she’ll be doing the US circuit for the next four years - too far for me to go for a look but ultimately I hope she’ll make it here.

This morning’s email brings news of a new literary offering no serious home library can afford to be without.

Anyone possessing a copy of Gustav Holst’s masterpiece “The Planets” is urgently requested to return their album, cassette, 8-track or CD to the manufacturer for an immediate adjustment.