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Nature Striking Curious Poses
Caught in a deluge on the way home from Topeka. The lightning was astounding, though not nearly as astounding as these nature photographs that were taken during the Eyjaffjollajokull volcano:http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/ -
Free State Microbrewery Goes Macro!
http://www2.ljworld.com/videos/2010/may/23/30765/
I will still be going to the mother ship to fill my growlers, nevertheless, so cool!!!! -
Resquiat in Pace: Martin Gardner, author of Scientific American column on mathematical puzzles
For those of you you might have been in Book Sect at one time, the annotated Alice in Wonderland that we read was edited (and...um...annotated) by Gardner. I am a huge fan of this man's philosophical outpouring, even when I'm not quite sure that I understand it! He lived a long life though, one filled with mathematics, magic and philosophy ( Read more... ) -
Happiness is...
after having no a/c all weekend to have the maintenance man come within an hour of my phone call and also fix my vacuum so I don't have to bring it into the shop at some excessive charge ( Read more... ) -
Happiness is...
having fulfilled everything on my to do list for today! (Maybe it was too short?!?! but it still pleases me). -
Happiness is..
a good night's sleep following several brilliant new episodes of Dr. Who, then waking well-rested and mentally acute to a vacation day!
Hooray! -
Do You Give Your Automobiles Names?
Yes.
A pea-green 1983 Renault Alliance named Arthur Dent.
A blue-green 1996 Honda civic named Bas Bleu (blue stocking, which also means literary woman).
Currently, an unnamed Pontiac G3. Am considering G-force, although I'm not sure that I want to know its acceleration relative to free-fall... -
My Place in the Family of Things
Went to hear the Pulitzer-Prize winning and best-selling (how often do those adjectives modify the same noun?) poet Mary Oliver speak at the Lied Center on Wednesday evening. Though it resulted in sleep deprivation, it was worth it to hear her wry sense of humor and her wise words, modeled after Edna Vincent Millay and several Sufi poets ( Read more... ) -
Okay, it's now Spring 2010
So when does the new season of Dr. Who start?!?!?!?
Addicts want to know.
And I thought I just liked HBO shows.... -
Happiness is...
a sunny day with a light breeze that blows blithely through the house, just rustling the curtains.