Life
The best ever….
Yes, this is the best time ever to excel.
This is the most depressing and hopeless state that the United States of America has been in since the great depression of the twenties. That is a reality. Not that this information is tantamount to the death of any soldier or civilian in Iraq today, or the [...]
The Symmetry of Car accidents, part 1
I want to take a moment and write a bit about car accidents.
My wife and children were involved in an awful wreck 10 days ago when their vehicle was struck by a driver who ran a red light at nearly 60 miles per hour. My wife was driving our Suzuki Reno and the car itself [...]
Apathy is the only “Enemy”
There has been a great deal of discussion around race in America the past week or so. Some of it — like presidential candidate Barack Obama’s speech on the subject is uplifting, even where it misses the mark. The nature of this discussion is labyrinthine and fraught with peril because so many people invest so [...]
Crushed Velvet Eyeball; Egyptian Splendor.
I paid 75 American for this B.C. Rich “Bronze” Mockingbird style guitar. The guy who sold it to me said it had been his nephews and he had probably played it once or twice, if that. And it was a real challenge to straighten it out but with the help of my daughter we stripped [...]
The Competition Rules
Fake People Versus Real People; to the Pain!
I was talking to a friend the other day and he happened to mention a man he knows who has recently returned to Denver from the Los Angeles area. Apparently the guy really hated Century City in particular and California in general and I — being a California man — couldn’t resist hearing exactly why [...]
Doomsday Seed Vault Opens
A “doomsday” seed vault built to protect millions of food crops from climate change, wars and natural disasters opened a few weeks ago. The seed vault is buried deep within an Arctic mountain in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.[Show as slideshow]
This facility will serve as a backup for hundreds of other seed banks around [...]
Modern Living: Architecture - A new type of Steel Case Study Home
“Purchasing an original Case Study steel and glass home is the opportunity of a fortunate few” I am probably going to use either this one or Rocio romero’s in New Mexico one day. Pierre Koenig was an early proponent of a modern steel home. One organization, Modernist Modular Homes provides a variety of models for [...]
New Information about the Universe (Amazing)
An amazing astronomy blog had some profound news in the last few days from NASA’s WMAP project.
WMAP Results
A lot of this information was determined a while back, just a couple of years after WMAP launched. But now they have released the Five Year Data, a comprehensive analysis of what all that data means. Here’s a [...]
Music - Muse: Thoughts of a Dying Atheist (Video)
This song and performance is so brilliant. Well done. Big crowd. I could look it up where it is I guess.
