Thomil's Random Ramblings

This post does not come easy for me. However, the events that have taken place over the last couple of weeks, especially the last couple of days, have led me to believe, that speaking out is the only rational thing to do. Indeed, it is something that every citizen of Ireland, of Germany, of the United Kingdom and indeed the United States of America should do. Information released by former NSA analyst Edward Snowden has, over the last couple of weeks, brought to light a massive surveillance program undertaken by the governments of the United States of America, and the United Kingdom. That in itself does not surprise me very much, nor should it surprise anyone with even a bit of knowledge of the intelligence community, especially that of the US. Quite frankly, it can be argued that the disgusting shambles that is the Central Intelligence Agency has left no other road open for that country to gather information on existing and perceived enemies. The same goes for the backdoors to the ...

There are more things between Heaven and Earth than we can possibly imagine. That is one of the most fundamental truths that mankind has discovered since it began to explore the world around it. It seems that every time we feel that we have figured out something, the universe throws humanity a curve ball that catches us completely off-guard. We find abundant life in the crushing cold depths of the world's oceans, rivers of liquid methane on other worlds, or animals that were long thought to be the product of myths and lore.  Many of these phenomena occur in the depths of the Pacific, or on other worlds altogether. It always has a special impact when one of these mysterious apparitions show itself in your own presence, or even in your region. Just a few days ago, one of these ghostly specters revealed itself over Ireland. An observatory in Armagh, Northern Ireland, was in the lucky position to record a sprite, one of the most mysterious phenomena in the upper atmosphere, beautifu...