There appear to be, anyway, when you look at things like this with half an eye. And even when you give them your full attention, and know exactly what they are... they can still be disconcerting in their beauty. Downright doggone scary. Such is the world we inhabit.

Please enjoy these, my Galactic Pics for This Week. Let them prompt some ( Read more... )

Most of us have heard of the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights). But I admit I had not heard of the Aurora Australis, a.k.a. the Southern Lights. How magnificent.

When I look at it, I see fantasy or sci-fi characters riding the harnessed power of this thing to their desired destination with the speed of a zip-line. Or a young mother from a race of ( Read more... )

I snarfed my Galactic Pics for this Week from the amazing and ever-resourceful OxyJen, and my head is still in free-fall. Talk about stunning. The first one looks like skin, tattooed. The fourth one looks like liquid caught between river rocks. The sixth one reminds me of sliced tiramisu. Are those cells dividing, in #22? Many images resemble ( Read more... )

So let's have some weekend fun. We shall start with a Galactic Pic for the Week...

Is that there a tornado a'fire?

And then mix in some quotes...

"Bands started to suck the day they stopped naming themselves after leopards and snakes. And medieval torture devices." -- unknown guy on the Keep It Pure commercial

"You know, I've been racing for thirty ( Read more... )

I feel like hitting it three times with one shot. So let's go.

The Peeps' Show...

"I am about as handy as an unlaced boot." --
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After three weeks, the nerve-wracking first phase is over and the difficult second phase begins--six months of immune system rebuilding. I say let us celebrate with some Galactic Pics for This Week.

Morning, Glory!
You mean it's NOT the inside of a pop-up book?
Dirty snow cone.
A star is formed (or a windshield is smeared).

All of these pictures ( Read more... )

What is a Friday without this concoction? Just dig in and enjoy.

My Galactic Pics for this Week.
A single Cheerio without the milk.
The blue lagoon without Brooke Shields.
My favorite nebula! Just throw a saddle on it.
Let's get the hell outta here.
Dust bunnies in spaaaace!
Krakatoa Junior.

Stories that made me double-take.
State closer ( Read more... )

But before we get into that, I grace you with my spectacular (if I do say so myself) Galactic Pics for This Week.

Oh? I thought it was a fungus Europeans eat, like truffles.
After-dinner mint, anyone?
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This was The Day for headline stranglets. Here we go.

Couple Accused of Assault Using Cheetos
Woman on tracks to "clear her mind" hit by ( Read more... )

My Galactic Pics for this week, to go with your coffee or the beverage of your choice. Do not add water or stir--just click.

In the Loop. Hot-hot-hot.
Stuck in the mud. Well, that's $$$$$$$$$ down the drain.
You can see more than beer in Germany.
A cloudy sea. Yeah, that's high.
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And, compliments of Joyce Fetteroll over at the ( Read more... )

Every time I turned around this past weekend, I was running into commentary on canines. So here's a little something to go with your coffee this morning, or with your sammich at lunch, or whenever you'd like to digest it during your day, peeps.

The Good: Rabies deaths from dog bites could be eliminated globally. I heard England had eradicated ( Read more... )