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But it reminds me of a great book that I have had since I was quite young that details various phenomena such as that, and UFOs and men in black, and spontaneous human combustion.  I'm tempted to start a series based on that.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 12:39:53 PM EST
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Hey, don't dis ball lightning.

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 12:54:25 PM EST
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I am not dissing ball lightning, indeed I was extremely fascinated by it - and was introduced to it by this book of mine, which has some interesting stuff as well as weirdy stuff.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 12:58:16 PM EST
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I was introduced to ball lightning by Nikita Mikhalkov.

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 01:04:47 PM EST
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Possibly more credible than my book.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 01:13:50 PM EST
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It's a shame that the explanation of "spontaneous human combustion" is so mundane. The idea of people just walking along and then exploding in flames is just so interesting in a calvin and Hobbes kind of way.

Reality's a bitch

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 01:12:21 PM EST
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