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Now I’m pissed

Posted in politics, rant, stupidity on October 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »

We’ve been inundated with a pretty strong message from the McCain campaign and the Republican party for some time now, most strongly in the past few days, that of this “pro-American and anti-American” idea. It seems that only small town, religiously motivated, factory-working, McCain-voting, war-fighting people are really American. And I’m calling bullshit. Here’s Nancy [...]

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Space is spreading

Posted in Charlottesville, astronomy, carnival, space on October 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The NRAO in Charlottesville has had this “space TV” setup in their lobby for some time now. I can’t remember what it is called**, but it’s a large, silent (ok, with some light background music), beautiful display that runs through various astronomy and space updates, all downloaded from this service. You can stand in front [...]

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Another T-Shirt for the Wishlist

Posted in astronomy, cool on October 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »

This shirt is awesome… and the description underneath is hilarious! Really, you work all week, on a Saturday you just need to enjoy the TETHYS GET OFF OF PANDORA GET OFF GET OFF TETHYS NO JANUS DON’T YOU GET INVOLVED TETHYS GET OFF GET GET little bit of relaxation. Thanks, G!

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Planetarium Madness, Part Deux

Posted in astronomy, politics, stupidity on October 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »

First off, I apologize for the lack of posting again, to all two of you reading. There’s… stuff… going on, so that’s been distracting. Beyond the slight personal indulgence of the last post, it’s back to the fun stuff! Writing is therapeutic, right? So the UVa astro-kids got together to watch the last Presidential debate [...]

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Back from college homecoming…

Posted in personal on October 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The Gold Song by The Bouncing Souls I saw you from across the street todayMy heart skipped a beat todayReminding me of those lost days and glory never fadesNever fades, fades away After years and miles my broken feetWalked back to you on this broken streetI guess the years weren’t blind ’cause the years just [...]

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Subscribe to the Universe

Posted in astronomy, videos on October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Do it now!

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Bang, Zoom, to the… ISS

Posted in politics, rant, space on October 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

NASA has recently pushed for a waiver that will allow the US to use Russian spacecraft to get to the ISS once the shuttle is retired and before a suitable replacement is built. However, in a more recent statement, NASA says that it will prefer to use private spacecraft rather than Russian craft, on the [...]

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Planetarium Madness

Posted in politics on October 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »

McCain has said a couple of times, and again in the recent debate, that Obama supported a federal earmark for a $3 million “overhead projector,” in an effort to blast him over these unpopular earmarks. McCain needs to check his facts. As a statement put out by the Adler Planetarium, the organization in question, a [...]

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Astronomy Podcasting for Everyone, and Carnival of Space

Posted in astronomy, carnival, podcasts, rant on October 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Hmm… it seems my sleep schedule is all frakked up again. And tomorrow I have to get up early to get some work done, write a meeting abstract due that afternoon (OMG my first conference talk?!), have our weekly group meeting, then hit the road to Pennsylvania for a little Lyco reunion! Phew… Despite my [...]

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Religious Nuttiness: Not just for Westerners

Posted in religion, stupidity on October 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Several bloggers have brought this up today, the case of 3-year-old Matani Shakya who was declared a living goddess in Nepal on Tuesday. You might hear women say to their menfolk, “I want to be treated like a goddess!” But do you really? To these Hindu and Buddhist clerics, with the approval of the Nepalese [...]

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