Gray whale ( Read more... )

but on this day in 1930 it was renamed Istanbul, no more Constantinople (named after Constantine the Great ( Read more... )

I didn't realize that Pi day is also Albert Einstein's birthday. We should all eat some pie outside today so we can marvel at the nature of light while enjoying delicious pies with circumfrences equal to 2πr.

My good friends The October Game are nominated for the Best New Band award at the Emerging Talent Awards in the UK. Please consider voting for them.


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Happy birthday Sir Thomas More! A very perceptive man indeed ( Read more... )

"Perigee" Moon tonight. Up to "14% wider and 30% brighter."
See more at spaceweather

Will post more when not on the run.
So much to do, so much to do...

"Oh, won't you do me the favor, man ( Read more... )

It's funny listening to the vast diversity of opinions regarding the economic collapse is Iceland ( Read more... )

A very happy new year to everybody!
A blue moon and a partial solar eclipse tonight heralds, I think, a spectacular new decade.

Farsæld á komandi ári!

Happy birthday Louis Pasteur!

Also today in 1831 Darwin set off on the HMS Beagle from Plymouth Sound, England.

I feel more tired now than during the semester, relatives are hard work.
Also, I feel like it's harder for me to fall asleep when I don't have to go somewhere early the next morning. It's an interesting sensation.