This blog feature amusing and heartwarming stories about our late Leonberger dog Bronco, as well as other Leonbergers. It also has a lot of information about the Leonberger breed, the history, care, training, Leonberger organizations, etc. I also wrote a Leonberger book, which I am featuring in the sidebar.
My Old Blog and My New Blog the Way Forward
Many of you know that I have a new blog. The goal of this new blog is to create a long list of facts that are important, not trivia, and that are known to be true and yet are either disputed by large segments of the public or highly surprising or misunderstood by many. I call these special facts “super facts” in lack of a better term.
In my Leonberger blog (this one) I write about Leonberger dogs, but I also write book reviews and about non-Leonberger related topics. I am thinking about splitting the book reviews between my Leonberger blog and the Superfactful blog. I am thinking of putting Leonberger books, pure fiction and poetry on my Leonberger blog and non-fiction books and fiction books related to something factual on my Superfactful blog. I wonder if that is a good idea. Naturally the book reviews would not be part of the super fact list but would be on my blog. Any opinions about this split are welcome.
Finally, I would like to highlight my first post on my new blog. It describes my journey through the valley of bamboozlement and miscomprehension. In the past I have had to give up cherished beliefs that were wrong and I had to accept facts that were hard pills to swallow. I consider this growth. Click on any of the pictures below to read that post.
I learned that Earth is not 6,000 years old. It is billions of years old, and we know this with certainty. I learned that lightspeed in vacuum is a universal constant, time is relative, and other strange facts from science. Stock Photo ID: 2024419973 by Elena11. Click on the picture to read my post called Bamboozlement Misunderstandings Big Surprises and My Journey.I doubted human caused global warming, but I was forced to revise my belief after a deep dive into the topic. Natural causes for global warming / climate change would have cooled the planet, not warm it. Click on the picture to read my post called Bamboozlement Misunderstandings Big Surprises and My Journey.
My name is Thomas Wikman. I am a software/robotics engineer with a background in physics. I am currently retired. I took early retirement. I am a dog lover, and especially a Leonberger lover, a home brewer, craft beer enthusiast, I’m learning French, and I am an avid reader. I live in Dallas, Texas, but I am originally from Sweden. I am married to Claudia, and we have three children. I have two blogs. The first feature the crazy adventures of our Leonberger Le Bronco von der Löwenhöhle as well as information on Leonbergers. The second blog, superfactful, feature information and facts I think are very interesting. With this blog I would like to create a list of facts that are accepted as true among the experts of the field and yet disputed amongst the public or highly surprising. These facts are special and in lieu of a better word I call them super-facts.
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37 thoughts on “My Old Blog and My New Blog the Way Forward”
Splitting your book reviews this way is a great idea, Thomas. It will enrich both blogs and increase credibility.
I see no problem with fact books on your fact blog, leaving your Leonberger more about that breed, maybe dogs in general. I struggled with that, too, with the break between my education blog and my writer’s blog, but both have so much material I can cover, it never became a problem.
Hi Thomas, your posts split seems to make sense to me. I have two blogs and I try to split them based on adult poetry, books and writing on Roberta Writes and children’s books, lighter poetry, baking and cooking on Robbie’s Inspiration. It doesn’t work all the time, but the split sort of exists.
I’m so glad you kept an open mind, I wish more people would do that. We all have our beliefs but when faced with scientific proof we should be open to altering our beliefs and understanding the new information presented to us.
Yes you are right. When faced with strong evidence and/or a united community of scientists and experts it is not smart to hang on to an incorrect belief. It is better to try to understand the new information. But this is difficult but important. Thank you Pooja.
I would do whatever you want with reviews, Thomas. You idea about splitting them would work fine. I’m headed over to your new blog to learn about climate change bamboozlement. 🙂
Do what you feel most comfortable with, Thomas! As Robbie and Jacqui said, they split the contents between their blogs. You can continue to link to your new blog from your old blog in case people don’t follow your new blog.
I think your plan to divide your posts by topic works well and should be doable going forward. You know I am always amazed by how many people (including some high profile idiots who I shall not name) continue to deny global warming and climate change in the face of all the overwhelming evidence we now have. I am also curious if you ever plan to do something about the first moon landing, that still seems to divide opinion in some quarters.
Thank you for your advice Leighton. I agree people who deny human caused global warming, think earth is 6,000 years old, or think evolution is a hoax, are ingoring (or are unaware of) the overwhelming evidence against their positions. It is not tenable positions. Yet there are a lot of people like that. The same is true for the moon landing is a hoax thing, also not a reasonable position. However, I was thinking that not many people have fallen for that one, but maybe there are. I will look into that one. Thank you for the suggestion Leighton.
Especially for those people most aware of them, manmade global warming and its resultant increasing number and intensity of climate-change-induced extreme weather events rightfully stir up alarm.
Astronauts typically express awe and even love for the beautiful Earth below while they’re in orbit. I wonder how they feel when seeing the immense consequential pollution from raging massive forest/brush fires — like the ones that viciously consume largely-Canadian forests and choke the air with health-damaging particulates every year basically due to human-caused global warming?
I also wonder if a large portion of the planet’s most freely-polluting corporate CEOs, governing leaders and over-consuming/disposing individuals were rocketed far enough above the earth for a day’s (or more) orbit, while looking down, would the view have a sufficiently profound effect on them to change their political/financial support of, most notably, the environment-destroying fossil fuel industry?
In the meantime, Canadian carbon taxes manage to induce some the shrillest complaints here, especially by the corporate news-media—even though it’s more than recouped (except for high-income earners) via federal government rebate.
Many drivers of superfluously huge and over-powered thus gas-guzzling vehicles seem to consider it a basic human right. It may scare those drivers just to contemplate a world in which they can no longer readily fuel that ‘right’, especially since much quieter electric cars are for them no substitute.
Once again, the disturbing mass addiction to fossil fuel products by the larger public is exposed, which undoubtedly helps keep the average consumer quiet about the planet’s greatest polluter, lest the consumer be deemed hypocritical.
Also, as a species we can be so heavily preoccupied with our own individual little worlds, however overwhelming to us, that we will still miss the biggest of crucial pictures. And it seems this distinct form of societal penny-wisdom but pound-foolishness is a very unfortunate human characteristic that’s likely with us to stay.
Though a believer in and big fan of Christ’s unmistakable miracles, I still find seriously problematic the notion generally shared among many Christians that to defend the natural environment from even the greatest polluters, including mass fossil fuel extraction and consumption, is by extension to go against God’s ultimate plan or ‘will’ and therefore is inherently wicked.
That plan, most notably, includes eventually destroying then replacing this world with a new and better one.
More than just conservatives willing to pollute the planet most liberally, their recklessness also largely has to do with The Bible not mentioning global warming or climate change.
Unfortunately, there are conservative politicians who don’t believe in Biblical accuracy yet will claim to do so and implement governmental policy accordingly in order to secure the conservative Christian vote in every election. Not surprising, the greatest potential hazard is a theologically inclined person or theocrat getting into high office with their dangerous disregard — if not contempt — for the natural environment.
A most notable example of this was Brazil’s then-president Jair Bolsonaro, a hard-right conservative and Evangelical Christian.
Incredibly, in the midst of yet another unprecedented rampant-wildfires season four summers ago, Bolsonaro declared that his leadership — and, I presume, all of the formidable environmental damage he inflicts while in power — was/is somehow divine: “It is difficult to be president of Brazil because it is a president that has less authority. I am fulfilling a mission from God.”
As a notable Canadian-leader example, also-Evangelical Stephen Harper was/is a fossil-fuel-industry enthusiast and unrelenting, yet secretive about it, in his war against environmental science and protections.
Harper’s faith may have also inspired him to take a group of 208 people with him to the Holy City, Jerusalem, in 2014. The entourage included 21 rabbis along with some representatives from Crossroads Christian Communications, Trinity Bible Church, the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada and Canada’s Ambassador for Religious Freedom.
Nevertheless, Harper was generally supported by Canada’s Big News-media, perhaps due to his unconditional and enthusiastic pro-fossil-fuel ideology and therefor governmental policy.
Thank you for your very interesting comment fgsjr2015. Your comment is filled with interesting information. As you pointed out, human caused climate change is a reality that we need to address. We don’t have the right to ruin the planet for other living beings including future generations.
I am also replying to your other comment. Your comment is very insightful and filled with important information again. I recently read an interview with William Shatner who was astounded by how small and fragile our nice and nurturing planet seemed in the vast dead and hostile space. We certainly need to care for it and not destroy it. What you say about the Canadian carbon taxes is certainly true. Most people recoup more than they lose from the taxes. Unfortunately, most people don’t know that because it is hard to keep track and like you say the propaganda is intense. Thank you for your insightful comment.
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Splitting your book reviews this way is a great idea, Thomas. It will enrich both blogs and increase credibility.
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OK thank you Patricia
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I see no problem with fact books on your fact blog, leaving your Leonberger more about that breed, maybe dogs in general. I struggled with that, too, with the break between my education blog and my writer’s blog, but both have so much material I can cover, it never became a problem.
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OK that sounds good. Thank you Jacqui.
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Hi Thomas, your posts split seems to make sense to me. I have two blogs and I try to split them based on adult poetry, books and writing on Roberta Writes and children’s books, lighter poetry, baking and cooking on Robbie’s Inspiration. It doesn’t work all the time, but the split sort of exists.
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That is interesting. Thank you for explaining that Robbie.
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My pleasure, I don’t always do the split well, but I try.
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I think you have some excellent ideas, Thomas. 🙂 Going over to see your new blog now.
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Thank you so much Kymber.
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I’m so glad you kept an open mind, I wish more people would do that. We all have our beliefs but when faced with scientific proof we should be open to altering our beliefs and understanding the new information presented to us.
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Yes you are right. When faced with strong evidence and/or a united community of scientists and experts it is not smart to hang on to an incorrect belief. It is better to try to understand the new information. But this is difficult but important. Thank you Pooja.
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Yes, it’s certainly difficult to change beliefs we’ve had for so long but like you said it’s important to do so. My pleasure.
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Yes it is part of growth. Thank you Pooja.
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wish you a great success. and a beautiful day!
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Thank you Carfax. I wish you great success and a beautiful day as well.
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Your division of labor sounds great to me, Thomas. Do what works best for you, and we readers will enjoy whatever you post. 😊
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Thank you so much for your advice Gwen.
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It’s inspiring to see how you’ve grown and adapted over time,
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Thank you so much Kaayee
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I think your idea of splitting book reviews is good and will work well. All the best !
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Thank you so much for your advice
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I would do whatever you want with reviews, Thomas. You idea about splitting them would work fine. I’m headed over to your new blog to learn about climate change bamboozlement. 🙂
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OK thank you for your advice Diane
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Do what you feel most comfortable with, Thomas! As Robbie and Jacqui said, they split the contents between their blogs. You can continue to link to your new blog from your old blog in case people don’t follow your new blog.
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Thank you so much Miriam. I think you are right.
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I think your plan to divide your posts by topic works well and should be doable going forward. You know I am always amazed by how many people (including some high profile idiots who I shall not name) continue to deny global warming and climate change in the face of all the overwhelming evidence we now have. I am also curious if you ever plan to do something about the first moon landing, that still seems to divide opinion in some quarters.
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Thank you for your advice Leighton. I agree people who deny human caused global warming, think earth is 6,000 years old, or think evolution is a hoax, are ingoring (or are unaware of) the overwhelming evidence against their positions. It is not tenable positions. Yet there are a lot of people like that. The same is true for the moon landing is a hoax thing, also not a reasonable position. However, I was thinking that not many people have fallen for that one, but maybe there are. I will look into that one. Thank you for the suggestion Leighton.
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Especially for those people most aware of them, manmade global warming and its resultant increasing number and intensity of climate-change-induced extreme weather events rightfully stir up alarm.
Astronauts typically express awe and even love for the beautiful Earth below while they’re in orbit. I wonder how they feel when seeing the immense consequential pollution from raging massive forest/brush fires — like the ones that viciously consume largely-Canadian forests and choke the air with health-damaging particulates every year basically due to human-caused global warming?
I also wonder if a large portion of the planet’s most freely-polluting corporate CEOs, governing leaders and over-consuming/disposing individuals were rocketed far enough above the earth for a day’s (or more) orbit, while looking down, would the view have a sufficiently profound effect on them to change their political/financial support of, most notably, the environment-destroying fossil fuel industry?
In the meantime, Canadian carbon taxes manage to induce some the shrillest complaints here, especially by the corporate news-media—even though it’s more than recouped (except for high-income earners) via federal government rebate.
Many drivers of superfluously huge and over-powered thus gas-guzzling vehicles seem to consider it a basic human right. It may scare those drivers just to contemplate a world in which they can no longer readily fuel that ‘right’, especially since much quieter electric cars are for them no substitute.
Once again, the disturbing mass addiction to fossil fuel products by the larger public is exposed, which undoubtedly helps keep the average consumer quiet about the planet’s greatest polluter, lest the consumer be deemed hypocritical.
Also, as a species we can be so heavily preoccupied with our own individual little worlds, however overwhelming to us, that we will still miss the biggest of crucial pictures. And it seems this distinct form of societal penny-wisdom but pound-foolishness is a very unfortunate human characteristic that’s likely with us to stay.
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from what I hear, it’s best to keep a blog focused to a topic – unfortunately that’s very difficult for me to do lol
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Yes that is very good point. But that is not easy for me to do either.
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But I meant that’s exactly what you’re doing by starting the 2nd blog, so congrats on a wise decision
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Yes I guess you are right. Thank you da-AL
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Though a believer in and big fan of Christ’s unmistakable miracles, I still find seriously problematic the notion generally shared among many Christians that to defend the natural environment from even the greatest polluters, including mass fossil fuel extraction and consumption, is by extension to go against God’s ultimate plan or ‘will’ and therefore is inherently wicked.
That plan, most notably, includes eventually destroying then replacing this world with a new and better one.
More than just conservatives willing to pollute the planet most liberally, their recklessness also largely has to do with The Bible not mentioning global warming or climate change.
Unfortunately, there are conservative politicians who don’t believe in Biblical accuracy yet will claim to do so and implement governmental policy accordingly in order to secure the conservative Christian vote in every election. Not surprising, the greatest potential hazard is a theologically inclined person or theocrat getting into high office with their dangerous disregard — if not contempt — for the natural environment.
A most notable example of this was Brazil’s then-president Jair Bolsonaro, a hard-right conservative and Evangelical Christian.
Incredibly, in the midst of yet another unprecedented rampant-wildfires season four summers ago, Bolsonaro declared that his leadership — and, I presume, all of the formidable environmental damage he inflicts while in power — was/is somehow divine: “It is difficult to be president of Brazil because it is a president that has less authority. I am fulfilling a mission from God.”
As a notable Canadian-leader example, also-Evangelical Stephen Harper was/is a fossil-fuel-industry enthusiast and unrelenting, yet secretive about it, in his war against environmental science and protections.
Harper’s faith may have also inspired him to take a group of 208 people with him to the Holy City, Jerusalem, in 2014. The entourage included 21 rabbis along with some representatives from Crossroads Christian Communications, Trinity Bible Church, the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada and Canada’s Ambassador for Religious Freedom.
Nevertheless, Harper was generally supported by Canada’s Big News-media, perhaps due to his unconditional and enthusiastic pro-fossil-fuel ideology and therefor governmental policy.
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Thank you for your very interesting comment fgsjr2015. Your comment is filled with interesting information. As you pointed out, human caused climate change is a reality that we need to address. We don’t have the right to ruin the planet for other living beings including future generations.
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I am also replying to your other comment. Your comment is very insightful and filled with important information again. I recently read an interview with William Shatner who was astounded by how small and fragile our nice and nurturing planet seemed in the vast dead and hostile space. We certainly need to care for it and not destroy it. What you say about the Canadian carbon taxes is certainly true. Most people recoup more than they lose from the taxes. Unfortunately, most people don’t know that because it is hard to keep track and like you say the propaganda is intense. Thank you for your insightful comment.
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Still talk about our sweet Lucky every day…Leo’s are the best!
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I am so sorry for your loss of Lucky. We miss our Bronco every day too. He was my best friend. You are right Leo’s are the best.
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