September 2nd, 2007
On this Labor Day weekend, I’m spending time cleaning my desk, making astronomy videos and writing poetry. Since I’m in such a cleaning/creative mood, I thought I’d clean the following thoughts out of my head, then my brain will be as shiny as my newly cleaned desk.
I like many strange things, things are strange […]
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July 28th, 2007
I can see it coming.
With all that’s happened to NASA this past year it’s gonna see more budget cuts. NASA’s image is becoming one of mismanagement and a place for scary high-school romances.
And let’s face it, NASA is a party agency. All the other agencies kinda look down on them for that.
It’s becoming […]
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July 21st, 2007
“No more discoveries about the universe till we find out who dies.”, astronomers from around the world exclaim.
Tony Darnell, senior cosmologist at AstronomyBuff.com, pictured above in his ‘jammies’ during an all-night marathon reading of the latest Harry Potter book. “There’s no way those goddamned string theorists are going to find out who dies before […]
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July 21st, 2007
I’m a blogger that likes to do more than just whine and complain while others do all the work, I like to be a part of the solution.
In this post, I’ve written that the Kepler team has had some financial difficulty, so much so that NASA had all but cancelled the project.
In a nutshell:
In 2006, […]
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July 18th, 2007
Image Credit: NASA
And if so, where does it go?
I know that’s gross, but I thought of this question while reading this page describing how to gain insight into someone’s personality by looking at how they sleep.
I know you don’t want to admit it, but everyone has that little wet spot on their pillow when […]
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July 8th, 2007
Astronomers are an emotional lot.
I don’t know if it’s because we spend all that time alone in the dark with our telescopes or what, but I’ve noticed that we can get a bit dramatic.
This tendency isn’t just limited to professional astronomers, amateurs are that way too. Go to any star party and you’ll start […]
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June 26th, 2007
Photo Credit: Bill Keel
Well I’ll be dipped in mercury, it WAS true.
AstroGeek posted a comment on my last post with this link from Bill Keel showing the bullet holes in the primary of the 107-inch Harlan J. Smith telescope. It wasn’t an astronomer that did it though, it was a new employee who […]
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May 9th, 2007
Regardless of how this blog may read, I consider myself relatively mentally healthy. I say relatively because as I look around me, I see I’m the only one not wearing underwear on my head (oh, wait a minute… How did that get there?). I’m also the only one in the room, but never […]
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May 5th, 2007
Now, before I get started, let me just say that I’m NOT one of those guys who sits in a movie theatre yelling, “Oh come on…” or “You gotta be kidding me!”.
I love science fiction and, to a lesser extent, the comic book stuff. I see all the movies and read a great […]
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May 3rd, 2007
I’m a real contrarian, I know this. as do many who have to interact with me on a regular basis. Some find it endearing, most just find it annoying.
When I started this blog, I promised myself that I wouldn’t write about what everyone else was writing about. I was going to be different. […]
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