I've been here in central Oregon since Monday evening. After a long day of flying, I drove from the airport in Redmond, Oregon to Bend, Oregon and did some preliminary work at the lab. I was finished before dark, so I decided to drive out to the Pine Mountain Observatory and have a tour. That was so worth the 25 mile highway drive and 8 mile dirt- ( Read more... )

So yeah, not so much of the craziness would be nice.

Hey, I'm depressed! Woo hoo! Awesome!

    I just finished reading Richard Dawkins' latest book, The God Delusion, and was happy to see that he ended on an inspiration, echoing Carl Sagan. His last section, The Mother of All Burkas, uses the burka as an oh-so-appropriate metaphor to explain what a tiny fraction of reality we've evolved to see with our brains shaped by natural selection ( Read more... )

I don't like going to sleep. Nor do I like waking up. Switching states of consciousness is so annoying.

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You (yes, you!) could be my top friend. I know you've all been thinking about it but are too shy to ask. Well, here's your chance! I'm auctioning off my #1 Top Friend position on eBay. Whoever wins the auction will be my #1 myspace friend for a period of three whole months! Repost this, please, and get bidding!

Yes, taking capitalism to its logical ( Read more... )

Maybe I'll start using livejournal again, but probably primarily as a digital photography blog.

For the record, I'm using a Canon PowerShot SD1000 Digital ELPH, 7.1mp and 3x optical zoom.


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Happy Darwin Day, everyone. I realize it's almost over but read my post about it anyway:

http://www.subspecies.org/

Yeah, that's right. Fuck to the Fuckth power.