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It's a NASA image of the day.
"This artist's concept shows a supermassive black hole at the center of a remote galaxy digesting the remnants of a star. NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer had a "ringside" seat for this feeding frenzy, using its ultraviolet eyes to study the process from beginning to end ( Read more... )

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http://mindport.orgThat was where I ended up going during the day on New Year's Eve. It was free. It's so COOOL! It has the same kind of interactive exhibits science museums often have but they're made of WOOD and SHELLS and NEAT STUFF and they're really pretty and I dunno, it's just great. They also have an art exhibit, which right now is some ( Read more... )

In 2007, ( Read more... )

In the year 2007 I resolve to:
Walk on the ceiling.

Get your resolution here.

I had my car's oil changed today. There was gentle splattery rain, soggy beauty bark on the asphalt; I waited in the lobby and examined People magazine. One article had old pictures of big stars. Matthew McConaughey looked like a regular funny kid. Tom Cruise looked like a staring, startled loon, even then. One of the mechanics came in behind ( Read more... )

I saw a really unusual and very good production of this last night with Laura and Ry -- her surprise Christmas present to me. Trying to think of the best way to describe how the actors did what they did ( Read more... )

The nuttiest of all world leaders has passed away.
So whither go ye now, Turkmen?
And another, AP via San Jose Mercury News.

Two headed

...A deformed one, but still!

Come fly with me, let's fly let's fly away ( Read more... )