Astronaut Wally Schirra Crosses Final Frontier Last month, he expressed fondness for his home planet, telling an Associated Press reporter that he had left three times and had found nowhere else to go. He spoke during interviews about the dust clouds he saw over India and China in the first decade of space travel and […]
Into the Void
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What Mad Pursuit
‘J.B.S. Haldane was once asked what the study of biology could tell one about the Almighty. “I’m really not sure,” said Haldane, “except that He must be inordinately fond of beetles.” There are thought to be at least 300,000 species of beetles. By contrast there are only about 10,000 species of birds.’ Nobel Laureate Prof. […]
Brain Agenesis
Whether flying fighter jets or frolicking on the Oprah set, TC has always entertained us to the max. While looking at disturbing pictures^W^W^W^W doing some follow-up research one of of my previous entries, I revisited a fun article about Tom Cruise on Foreign Dispatches. It’s called What’s Wrong With This Image? and puts forth an […]
Ice-9
Amazon.com: Cat’s Cradle: Books: Kurt Vonnegut I wound up writing this review because recently, in a flight of fancy, someone conjectured that perhaps in other parts of the universe silicon forms four bonds, making ring structures – similar to the carbon-based benzene ring that is the basis of all organic materials – possible. My question […]
Philtrum
Mr. Lucky: What’s the name of the two lines between your nose and upper lip? The Internet is great. You go online trying to find out the name of the two lines under your nose and a half hour later you’re looking at a picture that will likely require years of therapy to help you […]
Virgin birth awaited in England
globeandmail.com: Virgin birth awaited in England Merry Christmas to all my Christian friends. CHESTER, England — As Christmas approaches, a virgin mother is anxiously awaiting the arrival of her offspring. She’s Flora, the Komodo dragon. In an evolutionary twist, Flora has managed to become pregnant all on her own without any male help. It would […]
Why Engineers Don’t Write Recipe Books
—– Original Message —– From: Kathy To: Leslie Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 7:56 AM Subject: engineers in the kitchen The authors of the recipe seem to think that the reason engineers don’t write recipe books that their recipes look funny. I think that if this is how engineers write recipes they definitely should stop, […]
Family Values
There has been a lot of verbiage in the media lately about how marriage is a Sacred Institution. Atavistic politicians go on and on about how giving same-sex domestic partnerships the same benefits as marriage would be a financial burden on employers and social services, and possibly bring about not only an end to civilization […]
dDaylight/dt
The Autumnal equinox is in a couple of weeks, and during this time the days are getting shorter at the fastest rate they will all year, with the biggest change right on the day of the equinox. This graph is intended to compare the rate of change of the number of hours of daylight at […]
TFTD – on appearing normal
In appearing normal to others, one becomes a habit-ridden plaything of social pressures and expectations.
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