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• Tue, 13:37: RT @ beatonna: ah, gee, stories like this - http://t.co/u0TCzpd7I8 Soldier reunited with starving girl he fed with his rations
• Wed, 10:21: RT @ esaoperations: RECEIPT OF SIGNAL FROM SURFACE European Space Agency receiving signals from @ Philae2014 on surface of comet #67P/CG #com…

CERN scientists recently managed to trap and observe antimatter for almost 17 minutes.

Sweet.

One of the things I love about astronomy is that we humans have been documenting the stars for so long that modern astronomers get useful information from data collected centuries ago.  Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day talks about how the light from Cassiopeia A's supernova reached Earth 330 years ago.  Which is way before computers and ( Read more... )

I'm cruising recipe sites for meals that can be made in a mug (I got two crockery mugs for Christmas), and I keep seeing recipes and pictures for whoopie pies.  (Not for making in a mug, just general articles on the sites.)  My home newspaper featured a recipe for whoopie pies not too long ago, and Trader Joe's has been selling them.  And I laugh, ( Read more... )

I love the fact that popsci.com files news on the latest Mars rover under "Cars".  Yes, even ones on other planets.

Am listening to Makara by E.S. Postumus.  It is an unashamed attempt to compose music that is awesome.  Which, okay, means there's rather less depth, subtlety, and intricacy, but hey.  Sometimes straight-up awesome is what you want ( Read more... )

Got the news yesterday evening that one of my coworkers, who is also one of my fellow church members, got in a bad bike accident.  And is having surgery on his face.  It was odd; everybody at work who I know from church had heard about it, but there was no official announcement or news running around the company.  You'd think they'd say something ( Read more... )

The more I write, the more convinced I become that all things that are true, and all things that are right, and all things that are beautiful, edifying, and healing, are more than just related.  They are more than dependent on one another.  They are more than complementary.  They are, at the heart, all born of the same thing.

( Grand Unifying Theory )

Today at work, for the first time in two years, a supervisor mentioned raises.  This is happy.

Have discovered The Daily What.  Not like I needed another time-waster, but there you go.

Spent about an hour today reading about ( anosognosia )