June 2012
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May 2012
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Excitement builds for rare transit of Venus on... →
Scientists are gearing up for the upcoming transit of Venus, an extremely rare opportunity to watch the planet Venus pass in front of the sun as seen from Earth. Venus is due to make this cosmic crossing June 5-6 — the last time such an event will occur until 2117.
(The 2004 transit of Venus. Credit: Imelda B. Joson and Edwin L. Aguirre)
“When viewed through special solar filters or...
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“Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the...”
– Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
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“Maurice Sendak is dead, according to The New York Times. He was 83. The Associated Press reported that Sendak died early Tuesday at a hospital in Danbury, Connecticut after having a stroke on Friday. His longtime caretaker and friend, Lynn Caponera, was with him. The popular children’s book author wrote “Where The Wild Things Are” in 1963. He won a Caldecott Medal for...
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“You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. You want the physicist to talk to your grieving family about the conservation of energy, so they will understand that your energy has not died. You want the physicist to remind your sobbing mother about the first law of thermodynamics; that no energy gets created in the universe, and none is destroyed. You want your mother to know that all your...
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“I wanted to tell her that if only something were wrong with my body it would be...”
– -Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
April 2012
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Gomez's Hamburger
This is Gomez’s Hamburger. It is a star in the middle of giantism and dwarfdom. It’s outer layers are shedding as the last of its nuclear fuel have burned. The remains of the star will collapse into a white dwarf, heating the surrounding belt until it glows as a planetary nebula.
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The Anniversary
It’s too early, it’s too late, let’s not call this a date,
Give me my mistakes and keep your hands to yourself,
I remember the spell and I remember it well,
Trapped in your insecurities woven with diatribe, I couldn’t find civil ground
Covetous eyes, an enigma without mercy,
The anniversary of an ill victory shared by modern mediocrity,
And every other disparaged...
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analecta:
as many of you know, in the next...
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I’m typically not a supporter of Warped, but this year has such a nostalgic line-up I just had to purchase a ticket.
Taking Back Sunday. Anti-Flag. Every Time I Die (third time live, baby). The Used. New Found Glory. Senses Fail. Born of Osiris. Yellowcard. After the Burial. iwrestledabearonce (I’m so curious to hear how these folks are live). Transit. Title Fight. I’m...
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“You are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing.”
– E.E. Cummings