Not the poet.

There was a time when I had this thing called "Dan's First Cameraphone," and oh my, did it get used. I really liked to take photos of my dog.

( Here are some things Homer enjoyed back then. )

From Reuters:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A giant hole in the Universe is devoid of galaxies, stars and even lacks dark matter, astronomers said on Thursday.

The team at the University of Minnesota said the void is nearly a billion light-years across and they have no idea why it is there."Not only has no one ever found a void this big, but we never ( Read more... )

Arranging one's bedroom covers into some odd structural shape to ward off monsters is nothing compared to actually having a fort-castle for a bed. I would never go to sleep:

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My bedroom is downstairs in the cool (literally and figuratively) part of our home. Come to think of it, the place used to be a a lot cooler with a drum set down there. Too bad I sucked. But even without the drums, it's still pretty cool ( Read more... )

Krissy and I made you a YouTube video:

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There are some internet photos whose story I'd really like to know.

Exhibit A:


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Yesterday, my dad was still up when I left the house around midnight. We have a few--no, too many--leftovers from the day's family extravaganza, so I figured he'd occupy himself with that.

Today, I woke up to something very surprising.


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That up there ^^^ is a Tie Fighter.

This evening, I saw lightning far off in some massive clouds. Around middle school age, certain friends and I came to believe that such a display of lightning was a distant, cloud-confined star fighter battle in which Luke was definitely kicking ass.

Time to go play some Star Wars.

Christa: occasionally I sashay.
Leo McGarry D: doesn't that require a robe?
Christa: um
Christa: what?
Leo McGarry D: a ROBE.
Christa: what does that have to do with anything?
Leo McGarry D: the long garment that drapes over you like a giant curtain with an ineffective belt.
Leo McGarry D: sashaying.
Leo McGarry D: it has everything to do with it ( Read more... )

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