Bob Friend

Nov 9, 2023 | dailykos.com | Bob Friend |Denise Oliver Velez

Commenters in some of my previous diaries have disparaged my enthusiasm for dark matter and my distain for MOND (modified Newtonian dynamics) as an explanation for why the rate of revolution for stars around galactic centers does not slow down appreciably as distance from the galactic center increases (as the rate of revolution for planets around a star decreases as distance from the central star decreases).

Oct 8, 2023 | 9and10news.com | Bob Friend

My husband and I were driving through Cadillac yesterday and he caught the double rainbow with the 9&10 news building in the picture! By Virgi FredrickMarion, Michigan. By Bob FriendComplete double rainbow, bright and colorful at the end of a gloomy day in the U.P. By Steve AtkinsonThe past couple of days, 9&10 viewers have been sending in pictures of rainbows they spotted over Northern Michigan.

May 31, 2023 | dailykos.com | Bob Friend

The play, “Marion, or the True Tale of Robin Hood”, is, to quote the description by it’s publisher:A gender-bending, patriarchy-smashing, hilarious new take on the classic tale, adapted for performance by teen actors for family audiences. Robin Hood is (and has always been) Maid Marian in disguise, and leads a motley group of Merry Men (few of whom are actually men) against the greedy Prince John. As the poor get poorer and the rich get richer, who will stand for the vulnerable if not Robin?