Skulls in the Stars

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Greg Gbur; Professor of optical physics, blogger of physics, history of physics, and pulp fiction. Opinions are my own (and, of course, mighty Cthulhu's)
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Hey let's do a #FakeBookTitleFriday in honor of JD's new book coming out!
So when I got my tenure approval letter some 15 years ago it was dated April 1 and to this day I’m not completely sure if I have tenure

The war, in song:

Monday send battalions
Tuesday, Wednesday say we've won
Thursday bomb more civilians
Friday head for golf

(To The Cure's "Friday, I'm in Love")

Book 8 for my goal of 36 books read and blogged for the year! Choose Your Own Adventure Cryptid Chronicles: Mothman, by Cristin Bishara! https://skullsinthestars.com/2026/03/29/choose-your-own-adventure-cryptid-chronicles-mothman-by-cristin-bishara/
Choose Your Own Adventure Cryptid Chronicles: Mothman, by Cristin Bishara

Book 8 for my 2026 goal of 36 books for the year! Still running a little behind but not catastrophically. As usual, my link to the book is through my bookshop.org affiliate account, which means I m…

Skulls in the Stars
Donald Trump now takes the lead for "greatest military blunder of all time," pushing "never start a land war in Asia" into second place
All I really need in a relationship these days is someone to cuddle with and build LEGO with.
I am still amazed that my cat Rascal trained me to give him an ice cube in his water and I have no idea how he did that.
My latest optics paper just got published! https://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-34-7-12319

The UK's biggest energy firm has seen a 50% rise in solar panel sales after the US-Israel war with Iran pushed oil and gas prices up.

The oil industry's inevitable and necessary demise is looming faster than ever.

#MakeOilHistory #EnergyrRevolution #StopOilWars

In this photo are several objects that are so dense that no illumination can escape them. There is also a mural of a black hole