A few fun, fantastic, and important things of note from the weekend:
Duck! An asteroid is going to come whizzing by, as the Bad Astronomer points out. Okay, it’s not coming dangerously close, but astronomers are getting better at detecting approaching asteroids. The pun-master also ends this post with a real side-splitter.
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This weekend’s tidbits…
Posted in Randi, Sagan, asteroid, astronomy, atheist, fun, media, personal, picture, politics, science, space, videos on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Maybe I just need to buy my own hookah…
Posted in Charlottesville, politics, smoking on February 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Virginia is ready to institute its own smoking ban in restaurants. Many non-smokers rejoice in this, but they don’t realize all the consequences to businesses. I’m personally not in favor of such bans, even though I don’t smoke cigarettes, since it forces the hand of business owners. But really, in the long run, [...]
Keeping the Faith
Posted in politics, religion on February 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’m going to get political once more, so bear with me here. Much fluff was thrown around in the recent Presidential election about how Obama’s Muslim roots would be a threat to our nation. However, the Obama family were certainly practicing Christians, and much more was thrown around in the media regarding their [...]
Stimulating Science
Posted in economics, politics, science on February 9, 2009 | 5 Comments »
There’s been lots of talk on the science blogosphere the past few days about the stimulus package going through Congress. On Friday, it was believed that the National Science Foundations’s piece of the pie would be cut out completely, and that NASA would receive half to allotted funding. To be honest, I couldn’t [...]
And the Election comes to a close…. finally.
Posted in gay marriage, politics on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I probably don’t have much to add to all the commentary going on during these last few days. I did have a fabulous time popping in and out of the chat at Amateur Scientist (with more good commentary today) while partying with the astronomy kids around here, and not skipping dance class! All [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Debate 2008 and the Economy
Posted in economics, politics on October 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
With thesis proposal out of the way, I can finally focus on the world around me. Um, maybe I want to go back into my little hole after looking around…
I finally got a chance to catch up on the first presidential debate at Hulu. Needless to say, I was unimpressed. Besides the [...]
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