For those not aware, this day has been decreed by some to be the end of the world. As we know it, altogether, for a while, etc.
This day, one of many doomsdays predicted on the interweb, is based on the holy Islamic day of reckoning for Shiites with some sects going as far as construing August 22 to the end of the world. At the very least, it is a day for commemoration of the return of the 12th imam, a day of reckoning for Shiites.
coincidently, Iran announced that it will continue to develop its nuclear program. Ahmadinejad has said to Iranians and the world that he will respond to the U.N.'s polite suggestion that he stop.
There's more. Want to read about it? Go here.
Want to protect yourself? Go here!
I will take this day to tell people how much I love them, reflect on how glad I am to be alive with all my limbs and faculties with a roof over my head and food in my belly. I will listen to music, spend time in the sun and studiously avoid the news.
Go forth and hug a stranger, lick your friends and brush your teeth!
2006-08-21
2006-08-20
2006-08-18
Sweet News
"It's the first time I've ever heard of anything like this."
This from Capt. Randy Berner after rescuing a twenty-one year-old man from a tank of chocolate. The man had
gone in to unplug it and was sucked into the sweet confection in it's magma form.
"It was pretty thick. It was virtually like quicksand," Berner said, and co-workers, police and firefighters were not able to get him out until the chocolate could be thinned out.
the police captain said.
In other chocolate news, the Virgin Mary has made another appearance - this time in the form of solidified chocolate drippings. Coincidence? Most probably.
And here, a way to give your heart to someone in an anatomically correct chocolate form.
This from Capt. Randy Berner after rescuing a twenty-one year-old man from a tank of chocolate. The man had
gone in to unplug it and was sucked into the sweet confection in it's magma form."It was pretty thick. It was virtually like quicksand," Berner said, and co-workers, police and firefighters were not able to get him out until the chocolate could be thinned out.
the police captain said.
In other chocolate news, the Virgin Mary has made another appearance - this time in the form of solidified chocolate drippings. Coincidence? Most probably.
And here, a way to give your heart to someone in an anatomically correct chocolate form.
2006-08-17
A Planet by Definition
The International Astronomical Union is pondering a big question. What, exactly, is the definition of a planet? The answer could change how we look at our solar system:
The definition, which basically says round objects orbiting stars will be called planets, is simple at first glance:
"A planet is a celestial body that (a) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (b) is in orbit around a star, and is neither a star nor a satellite of a planet."
"Our goal was to find a scientific basis for a new definition of planet and we chose gravity as the determining factor," said Richard Binzel, an MIT planetary scientist who was part of a seven-member IAU committee that hashed out the proposal. "Nature decides whether or not an object is a planet."
The definition, which basically says round objects orbiting stars will be called planets, is simple at first glance:
"A planet is a celestial body that (a) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (b) is in orbit around a star, and is neither a star nor a satellite of a planet."
"Our goal was to find a scientific basis for a new definition of planet and we chose gravity as the determining factor," said Richard Binzel, an MIT planetary scientist who was part of a seven-member IAU committee that hashed out the proposal. "Nature decides whether or not an object is a planet."
Help This Man
After having nominated Benjamin LeRoy of Bleak House Books as one of the hotties of publishing (galleycat), he gently pointed out to me that he didn't want to have his hottie ass handed to him by a bunch of New York boys.I agree. This is a territorial thing. If you are part of the rest of the country, you must vote for Ben. We can't let these New Yorkers trounce us!
If you want to give me a fleeting sense of power and Mr. LeRoy a reason to hold his head high at Bouchercon in Madison, you must also vote for him.
I'd like to point out that Alison Janssen of the same publishing company apparently needs no boost. What a babe!
Vote for her, anyway. We can't let Ben get cocky.
2006-08-15
Hey! Can you remind me...
...I need to get reviews done.
Oh, and finish some articles after polishing up an interview with Colin Cotteril.
Damn, and I have a short story to finish.
Oh, oh, and I need to plant the daisies.
And don't let me forget to get the give the cat her medication.
And I've got to throw that laundry in....
And remind me to have some kind of wonderful fun before the world is blown to bits on the 22nd of this month. Can anyone help me out with that?
Oh, and finish some articles after polishing up an interview with Colin Cotteril.
Damn, and I have a short story to finish.
Oh, oh, and I need to plant the daisies.
And don't let me forget to get the give the cat her medication.
And I've got to throw that laundry in....
And remind me to have some kind of wonderful fun before the world is blown to bits on the 22nd of this month. Can anyone help me out with that?
Everyone I know has a big "But..." C'mon, Simone, let's talk about *your* big "But".
Happiness is:Pee Wee's Playhouse every night on adult swim! I was briefly flummoxed and mildly upset when they shifted the time slot yet my well honed mind and keen detective skills discovered the time slot change and lo! The joy that is the Playhouse was mine once again.
All who have spent any modicum of time in my presence, and I apologize to all of you, know that an oft repeated moment in my media repeating mental record spinner plays scenes from Pee Wee's Big Adventure with vicious abandon. Oh, the wonder that is my mind.
And Paul Reubens isn't done yet! There will be two more Pee Wee movies geared more toward slightly wacked adults such as myself.
It is widely believed that Reubens' 1991 arrest killed Pee-wee forever, but Reubens is not done with him. He has two Pee-wee scripts finished: One is a revised version of an unproduced screenplay he wrote with Panter, a "Playhouse" adventure featuring the usual suspects. The other is "dark," a "Valley of the Dolls" story that seems from reports to obliquely refer to some of his own personal trials.
"I never said it was over or I didn't want to do it anymore," Reubens said about the possibility of putting on the suit and bow tie again. "That's something that's been said by other people."
And just remember, there's a lotta things about me you don't know anything about. Things you wouldn't understand. Things you couldn't understand. Things you shouldn't understand.
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