Going to bed last night, I was thinking about the fact that theoretical physicists are seen by their practical and applied colleagues sometimes as being more philosophers than scientists ( Read more... )

I've been pretty imaginary for a while. Sorry about that. Just busy living a very quiet not very noteworthy life, unless you want descriptions of birds I see when I'm out walking or to hear how bizarre the gym is. (Really.. ukuleles ( Read more... )

I miss this. I still read everyone, but I feel like if I have anything to say in here, the words are too hard to find. So I write long emails to Meleficent or to K instead ( Read more... )

Have you ever seen a picture of someone in daytime you only knew by night? There's a thought somewhere in the back of my mind I can't quite express clearly yet, about loving someone nocturnally and how they seem to be completely different by day. That daylight makes them cooler. Not cool like leather jackets, clove cigarettes and discussing Kerouac ( Read more... )

xtalcy and I were talking about memory the other day, how it works to recreate and soften or intensify emotional association with an event that occurred. We didn't come to any grand conclusions or anything like that, it was just talk ( Read more... )

Thank you, whoever added a years worth of paid account time and icons. I appreciate it ( Read more... )

The other day a young lady started a conversation with me for no apparent reason. She asked ( Read more... )

“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't ( Read more... )

Last night, Nova was about Einstein's big idea.. and so now I'm talking about Einstein, Lise Meitner, elements, fractals, and guitar chords with someone who is much smarter then me.

It's a wonderful way to start the day.

I love having friends who are smarter then me and know more.

Well.. it's not like anyone thought Alaska would suddenly go blue anyway ( Read more... )