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ROOM 322 Welcome: purpose, disseminate digiclones of THIRTEEN HISTONES..........
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indie fiction
The stories in Room 322 are not intended for commercial publication.
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Albert Hoffman departs 4/29/08, age 102
Hoffman said any natural scientist who was not a mystic was not a real natural scientist. "Outside is pure energy and colorless substance," he said. "All of the rest happens through the mechanism of our senses. Our eyes see just a small fraction of the light in the world. It is a trick to make a colored world, which does not exist outside of human beings."
>Albert interview in NYT at age 100
FREE ONLINE READ
>LSD - My Problem child
My favorite group photo is of Leary, Hoffman and Lilly; they said short Albert was standing on a box. Now they're all gone.
Perhaps the philosophy book that influenced me most is the slim 1989 volume Insight Outlook. It taught me the meaning
of possessing vs. owning.
Needless to say his Problem Child changed our world.
Thank you, Albert.
--OB
4/29/06
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NEW FICTION
2/21/08
TRANSPLANTING
TO MARS
science fantasy
by
Oris Bracken
The kids are all right and out on their own ... but what if the ship's crystalizer is broken?
TRANSPLANTING TO MARS
(4,545 words)
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I KNOW WHAT IT IS
AND
I KNOW WHY IT'S THERE
flash humor
by
Jak Brand
So this * ice rim on a lake on Mars * thing, they got it wrong.
It's Crazy Foam.
And I told Pool Boy to get rid of it.
Every time I sneak away to Tahoe for a week, Pool Boy calls his friends over and, well, you know what I'm saying. Pool Boys will be Pool Boys! They fill up the pool with House O' Beverages Tequila In Tanks. Of course that's how I know! He tells them right up front to put it on my tab. And signs for it! Anyway, once they've added a couple of truckloads of ice and that cheap mixer, it's not pretty. Frankly, it's the color of cow piss. How do I know? The neighbors sent me an email: they saw it on Google Earth. So by the time Wednesday rolls around, Pool Boy gets really elaborate, trying to convince me crazy skaters use Google Earth to look for swimming pools with that abandoned look. Crazy skaters drained the pool and then had a Crazy Foam war that was turned into a documentary for the festival circuit. A skateboard film festival circuit. Right.
It's all just Pool Boy's cover story. I know that.
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MARS: Flight of the Phoenix
8/4/07 ~ 5/25/08
>NASA - Phoenix is Ready for Mars Arctic
The landing site will be in the north polar region between 65 and 72 degrees.
>Skipper - Mars North Pole Bio-Engineering
Interesting photos, what will the Phoenix find here?
>Certificate 1094131
Oris Bracken with Ray Bradbury and others ride a rocket ship to Mars.
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Fomenko revises Velikovsky, von Daniken, Sitchin and Jaynes
Crucifixion/Resurrection 1086--?
Must-read for specialized statisticians, theologians and historians.
It could be the span of history I was taught is shorter by one or two thousand years. Christ was actually born in 1054. That means I’m writing this in 947A.D.
ROOM 322 BOOK REVIEW
by Oris Bracken
History: Fiction or Science?
by Anatoly T. Fomenko
[Delamere Publishing, 2003]
Anatoly T. Fomenko and his believers belong to an unlikely group of rogues. They've joined with a notorious gang of four: Immanuel Velikovsky, Eric von Daniken, Zecharia Sitchin and Julian Jaynes.
These guys, I’m sure, would rather not be tossed into the same pot. But a common thread connects their famous books: Worlds in Collision, Chariots of the Gods?, The Twelfth Planet, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, and now, History: Fiction or Science?.
Each thesis depends heavily on the ancient writings of Hebrew prophets and patriarchs and compares them to other old texts. They all assume the ancient reports depict valid events and argue that our prevailing interpretations misguided.
There’s no way for me to judge the almost three-hundred pages of statistics and charts found in the History of Fomenko --and they are at the heart of it. The rest is his educated conjecture based on reinterpreting ancient phrases and art. A process we can all second-guess.
The basic Fomenko premise: through statistical text analysis and by comparing fragments, phrase ‘images’ are found. These can be sorted as dependent and independent text elements. So it’s possible to note repetition of ideas and trace them to the first instance. Dependent occurrences are considered fictitious, or at best, suspicious.
Fomenko discovered many passages in the Christian Testaments are duplications. Not every book attributed to the old desert prophets was valid.
Furthermore, he claimed some of those guys, like Ezekiel and Jeremiah, never existed. The glory that was Rome and ancient Greece are medieval reconstructions. Fomenko even questions the biblical location of Egypt, and thinks the Sphinx also medieval.
Turns out a fellow named Scaliger--‘the founder of modern chronology’--was the key player in dating what I studied as olden history. He started work about 1585 and used the two Testaments as his chronological guideposts. Since both these books too are midieval creations, according to Fomenko, my learnt chronology is bogus. No doubt, Wells, Toynbee and Durant are in permanent spin state.
So what? Who cares if the Dark Ages and the Renaissance didn’t exist? There are lots of calendars, so if this radical theory proves out, no harm done. Sure, three of the world’s major religions will have to revise their holy books. Plus Mediterranean and Middle East histories must change.
There’s the problem.
Velikovsky said Earth experienced a major astro-catastrophe about twenty-five hundred years ago. This new chronology would reset the Big Astro Event to only fifteen hundred years ago, likely less. The new sequence means updating the alien cross-breeding era of von Daniken by moving it closer to us. Sitchin needs to recalculate his Nibiru arrival time. And the new Jaynes year for the ending of bicameral voices is, at the oldest, 600AD.
Fomenko uses the Testaments’ passages to plot astronomical charts. He recreates the heavens to date the observer. But some of his interpretations are not so apparent.
He writes, p 148: “‘…the third had a face like a man…’ is obviously a reference to Sagittarius visited by the sun in the beginning of winter.” Well, to me, not so obvious.
Alice Bailey had a different astrology: "...between the Bull and the Lion is the face of Enoch, the man (Aquarius)."
The horoscopes Fomenko presents occurred between centuries IX and XVIIl. He believes parts of the OT were written after the NT! The Apocalypse in the Revelation of Saint John was penned in October, 1486.
Hmm. How does he know the references his star charts rely on were THE master biblical codices? Early as XIII century, our founder of modern science, Roger Bacon, stressed the use of original documents for studying linguistics or written history.
Fomenko points out early in his hypothesis that most manuscripts we work with today are copies, and many are palimpsests. Translations are biased, texts expanded.
If both Testaments were actually copied from older scrolls in centuries XI through XVI, then embellishers--not the authors--inserted medieval constellations.
Chronology 1 of 7 is a big book, 586 pages of translated Russian. Dense, though layman-comprehensible. Pictures and charts outstanding. Unfortunately, the fifty-page bibliography of mostly Russian sources is not specific to this volume. One great shortcoming --no index.
History: Fiction or Science? convinced me our pre-Columbian timeline contains major errors. This mind-jolting, statistics based, revisionist concept can only grow in importance. Fomenko has pried open a long sealed door.
--OB
4/3/07
>Requiem 2000
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>Investigating Correctness of Historical Dating
Explains procedures of Formenko, good charts.
>Chief Egypt Archaeologist: "Exodus a Myth"
Half century ago, Velikovsky was in trouble for moving Exodus 500 years closer. Fomenko now says Dynasty dates wrong, 'ancient' Egypt a myth too.
"The Egyptian and Jewish histories, as they are written, are devoid of a single synchronism in a period of many hundreds of years. Exodus, an event which concerns both peoples, is presumably not mentioned in the Egyptian documents of the past." [Velikovsky, 1946]
>Archbishop of Canterbury: "Nativity a Myth"
No evidence of 3 Magi, oxen or asses.
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Room 322 - story posted 6/26/07
MAKING HISTORY
horror
by
Oris Bracken
Old man with young woman trapped in a cavern find weird skull and bones...
MAKING HISTORY
(2,900 words)
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Room 322 - story posted 10/19/07
HOMO WHOSO
anthropological sci-fi
by
Oris Bracken
An early human mind struggles to make sense of confusion and chaos...
HOMO WHOSO
(3,000 words)
[dedicated to Chad Oliver]
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2/15/07
Vernor Vinge with a Singularity Update:
>What If the Singularity Does NOT Happen?
1/28/07
EGOGRAM 2007 by Arthur C. Clarke
>"I send you greetings and good wishes..."
note: Room 322 is named after the NYC Chelsea Hotel room where Sir Arthur created the script for his fabulous Space Odyssey.
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12/16/1917 ~ 3/19/2008
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
12/07
VIDEO
>Arthur C. Clarke's last message to the world?
3/19/08
The Obituaries:
>London Times Online
>New York Times
>Los Angles Times
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The Sands of Mars was my first A. C. Clarke book. My favorites among his more than thirty novels were Childhood's End and Rendezvous with Rama. 2001: A Space Odyssey is one of the fine-art masterpieces of the Twentieth Century.
His final novel, completed by Frederik Pohl, is The Last Theorem, due to be published in December 2008.
--OB
3/19/08
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1957
BIRTH OF THE SPACE AGE
October 4 >Sputnik 1
New born cries... >hear the voice of Sputnik 1
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Room 322 - story posted 12/01/05
TWO
LONE STARS
fiction
by
Oris Bracken
From deep in the heart o' Texas ... flashback: January, 1986.
TWO LONE STARS
(1,550 words)
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Challenger Disaster Review
A.D. 1/28/86 @ 11:39:13.628.2003 A.M. ESTi
>High Flight
poem by John Gillespie Magee, Jr. RTF
>Blog on similarities: Challenger & Columbia
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN EULOGY
>"We will never forget them...."
mentions all the school children watching live
>Challenger Seven Memorial page -- ANC
>A solid summary (photos) of the O-ring theory
>Feynman's paper introducing O-ring theory
Freedom of Information Act
>FBI report on possible Challenger sabotage
many thought eXplosion not O-ring problem
>One man's Challenger guess: Soviet sabotage
unusual observations RTF
>Only one line on sabotage in Rogers Report
'Pre-launch Operations' details not available
>Watch 1986 launch of the Challenger
This disaster occured before the day of alternative news on the Web and low-power FM. In the original reports engineers and scientists scoffed at the O-ring theory. Finally, the Rogers Commission decided the O-rings were the only logical answer.
Then later, conspiracy theorists whispered it was black op. The objective was a military takeover of the civilian space program, while making positive psychological TV imprint on a generation of American children. The key was the school teacher on board for emotive student involvment; plus an almost ideal demographic crew-profile.
I saw the fatal launch on live TV and will never forget it. I was shocked, but not surprised. Today's space rockets are a Ride At Your Own Risk adventure. Tragedies are expected. Those brave Astronauts and Cosmonauts riding atop flaring candles, adrenalin-pumping, know they take the BIG chance. This is the stuff of human eXploration and they are the first space heroes.
--OB
1/01/06
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see amazing 2003 shuttle photo!
>Was the Columbia Struck by Megalightning?
>Columbia Shuttle: Questions of Gravity
Technical Resarch Paper (PDF)
>Caenorhabditis elegans Survives Atmospheric Breakup of STS-107, Space Shuttle Columbia
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The door opened to Room 322 on Cosmonautics Day--April 12--which was also the day picked for the first US shuttle flight (Columbia).
The following Russian Information Agency report is the amazing story behind the 1961 launch of the first manned satellite.
RIA Novosti
>"Off We Go!"
"The satellite vehicle has begun free orbital revolution around the Earth..."
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SPECIAL NOTE
Room 322 thanks Jak Brand for story editing and guidance. If you need a fine editor, we recommend: JakBrand@gmail.com.
Oris Bracken
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LA blog REVIEWS 322: "strangest fiction out there...."
>go2grrl1/ 12-30-04 taco stand incident.
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Dr. C. David Allis: "...Distinct histone modifications, on one or more tails, act sequentially or in combination to form a histone code that is read by other proteins to bring about distinct downstream events."
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eXperiment in Automatic Writing
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enhanced automatic writing
by Oris Bracken
THIRTEEN HISTONES
(20,322 words)
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Specific eMessages from Thirteen Histones available below in MS Reader LIT files:
1.1 ZZZZZZZAP ! (1,450 words)
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[RTF version]
1.2 File Maker (880 words)
A.D. 1/28/86 @ 11:39:13.623.2001 A.M. ESTi
1.3 Test Spin (1,300 words)
A.D. 1/28/86 @ 11:39:13.546.3001 A.M. ESTi
1.4 Beyond Mathology (1,460 words)
A.D. 1/28/86 @ 11:39:13.505.4001 A.M. ESTi
1.5 Jommy Cantread (1,150 words)
A.D. 1/28/86 @ 11:39:13.500.1009 A.M. ESTi
1.6 Easter Eve (1,800 words)
A.D. 1/28/86 @ 11:39:13.484.2000 A.M. ESTi
1.7 Ultimate Transformation (797 words)
A.D. 1/28/86 @ 11:39:13.474.1010 A.M. ESTi
1.8 The Crystal Encephalon (900 words)
A.D. 1/28/86 @ 11:39:13.322.2233 A.M. ESTi
1.9 Dream Vision
A.D. 1/28/86 @ 11:39:13.301.1033 A.M. ESTi
REMs1 - for You (700 words)
REMs2 - for Civilization (360 words)
REMs3 - for Sapiens Sapiens (1,125 words)
REMs4 - for Terra (639 words)
1.10 Chief of the Night (1,950 words)
A.D. 1/28/86 @ 11:39:13.232.3220 A.M. ESTi
1.11 Sermon on Mount Sci (4,000 words)
A.D. 1/28/86 @ 11:39:13.141.2696 A.M. ESTi
1.12 J. C. in Strangerland (1,377 words)
A.D. 1/28/86 @ 11:39:13.111.2003 A.M. ESTi
1.14 Gateway Tumbler (290 words)
A.D. 2/1/03 @ 8:59:32.049.1986 A.M. ESTi
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recomended reading:
Mark America: homepage
>A Masterwork - GRAMMATRON
Jack Sarfatt: homepage
>New Book prePub - Super Cosmos
Stephen J. Meyer: homepage
>The Origin of Biological Information and the Higher Taxonomic Categories
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prophetic document:
Vernor Vinge: homepage
>The Singularity Abstract
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eXperiments ~ challenge:
Rupert Sheldrake: homepage
>Prayer: A Challenge for Science
Global Consciousness Project: homepage
Princeton University
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provocative ~ entertaining:
Richard C. Hoagland: homepage
>Curious Case of Crinoid Cover-Up
>Methane on Mars: Sixties Flashback
>Moon with a View
Shelley Jackson: homepage
>Mortal Work of Art - Skin
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World Community Grid:
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Sloan Digital Sky Survey
>help Classify Unknown Galaxies
Princeton Global Consciousness Project
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University of California:
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The Great Ape Project (GAP):
>Sign the Declaration on Great Apes
Great Ape Trust: homepage
>English 101 for bonobos
>Research has scientists talking with apes
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Room 322 Mind eXperiment:
Dr. Rupert Sheldrake & Pamala Smart paper
>"Testing For Telepathy In Connection With E-Mail"
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Ideal project for teachers and group leaders
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>Certificate 98778
'Oris Bracken' arrives at Pluto-Charon, mid-July, 2015.
>Pluto now a pluton and so is Charon!
>Q&A re planets, plutons, planetoids & moons
Definitions change....
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Who really knows what time it is. . . .
>World Clock: Time Around The World
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