Quantum fluctuation. Inflation. Expansion. Strongnuclear interaction. Particle-antiparticle annihilation. Deuterium andhelium production. Density perturbations. Recombination. Blackbodyradiation. Local contraction. Cluster formation. Reionization? Violentrelaxation. Virialization. Biased galaxy formation? Turbulentfragmentation. Contraction. ( Read more... )

This is so perfectly done. I love this song. I've never seen a video so perfectly convey the idea and feeling of a song before...

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1. my friend Patrick started having a romantic affair with my mother, who of course, was (is?) unhappy in her marriage. I wanted my dad to move to florida, where I lived, because he was still living in the house while mom was sexxing other men. apparently "patrick knows how to love a woman." GROSS ( Read more... )

whoaaaaaaaaa, new radiohead. whoaaaaaaaaaa.

apparently I was the last to know.

tasty. can't wait to know every single piece of noise.

as much travelling as I've done, life has still been rather... calm ( Read more... )

I'm listening to this song... hahahaha "This Song ( Read more... )

It's so awesome and weird to talk to friends from home. I just got off the phone with Alan Esser, who was a great friend of mine when I lived in Sedalia. Part of me really misses that small town life sometimes. They all still know each other, and meet all the time for fun. I have the best memories of Alan, sitting on my porch after school ( Read more... )

some of you will love this guy. I just saw him play here in troy, and he was freakin great. beautiful. one of those people you feel lucky to discover by hearing live first.

The Hereafter is Here

Coming up:

• giving a talk at the ASNY (astronomical society of ney york) conference on Long Island on the 14th
• ConnChords concert on the 20th!!!! ohthankgod, I miss them.
• Michael's coming on the 26th -- we're going to Montreal!!! woo!
• On the 1st, I may get to attend the OPAG (Outer Planets Assessment Group) meeting in Boston. This group makes ( Read more... )