xkcd etc.

I've just rediscovered the xkcd comic site and want to share a couple of things. I'm still confused how our universe can be 13.5 billion years old yet we are observing things 46 billion light years away (something to do w/ the expansion of space ...)

Other xkcd masterpieces ...

http://xkcd.com/622/

http://xkcd.com/620/

Sunflowahs and Punkuns - Awgezt 26, 2009

Sunflowahs and Punkuns - Awgezt 26, 2009

your turn will come

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lSliucgygc

Death To Coffee

This was drawn by my Scratch buddy from Australia.

Death To Coffee!!!

In the spirit of BuBe's recent penchant for listing things, as in units of measure, and on the lighter side of coffee jokes, have you seen this list? I defy you not to laugh.

Too Much Coffee?!

fun with math and science

For those of us with a more shallow understanding of the facts and figures, I present:

**Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi2.
**2,000 pounds of Chinese soup = Wonton
**1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope
**Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the ground = 1 bananosecond
**Weight one evangelist carries with God = 1 billigram
**Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour = Knotfurlong
**16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Serling
**Half of a large intestine = 1 semicolon
**1,000,000 aches = 1 megahurtz
**Basic unit of laryngitis = 1 hoarsepower
**Shortest distance between two jokes = A straight line
**453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake
**1 million-million microphones = 1 megaphone
**2 million bicycles = 2 megacycles
**365.25 days = 1 unicycle
**2,000 mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbirds
**52 cards = 1 decacards
**1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 FigNewton
**1,000 milliliters of wet socks = 1 literhosen
**1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche
**1 trillion pins = 1 terrapin
**10 rations = 1 decoration
**100 rations = 1 C-ration
**2 monograms = 1 diagram
**4 nickels = 2 paradigms
**2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale Hospital = 1 IV League
**2000 pounds of laundry = a washington

My 2009 Bee Sunflower Movie

This is my Bee movie for the 2009 year. Here we see my Siamese Sunflower -- meaning it seems to exhibit a genetic mutation of sorts. I think the way this works in
horticultural is that the division of the initial impregnated ovary involves a splitting of all genetic material into two primary parts (during what is called "mitosis"). Each part grows into a separate whole flower yet each are joined like Siamese twins.

My single Bee is a bumble bee. If you listen carefully, you will be able to hear him fly away with a big buzzing sound.

I have also shown my 2009 "up to 300 pound" pumpkin. He is not a Max pumpkin, sorry to say. Powdery mildew seems to be getting the upper hand on the leaves as does a major infestation of borers on the primary stem (where it descends into the ground. The leaves this year MAY also be affected by too "hot" a horse manure. They are yellowing a lot.

But I am still watering when I can in all this hot weather and it appears I have a healthy LITTLE pumpkin here. It looks about 8" in diameter.

Punkun Updayt

That's our LP so I guess we'll call her Lucky Punkun!

There's a video of this on Facebook.

Garmin 305

Bought me a Garmin 305 and used it on the Newington 'Nihilator today. This is one awesome watch. I paid $150 for it. It's only slightly bigger than a regular watch. It comes with a heart rate monitor. And, when you cable it up to your computer after the run ...

If you do the arithmetic for that 1/2 mile up hill starting at mile 1.5 you find it has an average grade of 9%. I have always wanted to know what the grade, elevation, distance etc. etc. was on this stretch. One section of this hill is way steeper than the average.

Facebook commentary on this post at Garmin 305.

Usain Bolt!

9.58

Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt set a new world record today (August 16, 2009) as he cruised to a stunning victory in the 100m at the World Championships in Berlin. He ran it in 9.58 seconds.

Da Miniahchur Urth

Path Way to Life

I made some graffiti this morning and hope this link works. It's called "Path Way To Life." I hope you like it.

Wee Lyke Da Moon

Wee Lyke Da Moon - Da Spongmonkeys (zumtimez, erroneously, nown az da Spongemonkeys) zing their wundahfull Moon Song aboot ow mach dey lyke da moon.

Graffiti

My Australian Facebook friend Aoife (pronounced ee-fa) created this with "Graffiti." I thought the artists among us might find it interesting. Maybe even mess up your own walls with it.

Truel

Zee ("Da Gud"), Tobee ("Da Badd") and Luna ("Da Ugly") hav had a dispute and hav dasided tah settle id in a truel. Zee iz da worst shot, hitting 1/3 ov da tyme. Tobee iz twice az accurit, getting hiz target 2/3 ov da tyme. Luna iz an awezome markscat, nevah mizzing. Itz bin dasided da firing order iz Zee denn Tobee (if alive) denn Luna (if alive). Awl three r yntarezded in staying alive az long az pawzible and fire accordingly. If 2 or mowa r ztill purring at da end ov a round, da survivors goe anothah round. Intentionally mizzing iz allowed. Wat shud Zee's strategy be and what's da probubbillitee he'll survive?

Translation by http://primepuzzle.com/blog/jspeek.html
using a 1530 word dictionary.

Rose of Sharon

Dais Rose ov Sharon starded lyfe in mye landlord's gahdin way back whin Ize wuz living awn da edge ov da Trinity College campus. Id gets a "haircut" eweree yeer by da hed gardener at 24 Eezt Cedar (dat wud be mye wife) and eweree yeer grows back bigger and mowa beeooteefull dan ever. Da videeoh iz a yiddle shaky butz Ize couldn't resist inclooding id. Be zur tah clickz awn da ztill foah a hieye resolution veeyou ov dais magnificent bush.

Translation by http://primepuzzle.com/blog/jspeek.html
using a 1530 word dictionary.

My Garden on August 6, 2009

PART ONE



PART TWO



Due to "insufficient Memory" I had to abruptly end this CiniMax film shortly after the filming of my rain gauge. These kind of technicalities can often happen in CiniMax Film productions.

53 Curlicues

Talk about "Structure and Chaos." A single, rather short, script in Scratch drives this thing. Click the image below to see more. There's a link at the top of the page you'll get to which shows this baby in action, complete with Mission Impossible music and a dynamic generation of each of the 53 "curlicues." All I've got to say is "this is a most interesting computer program!"


Now that I really look at the above image, I can honestly say "there is a bug in this program, and an extremely well designed one at that!"

WORDS

FOR THOSE WHO LOVE THE PHILOSOPHY OF AMBIGUITY (as well as the Idiosyncrasies of the English language)
1. ONE TEQUILA, TWO TEQUILA, THREE TEQUILA, FLOOR......
2. ATHEISM IS A NON-PROPHET ORGANIZATION.
3. IF MAN EVOLVED FROM MONKEYS AND APES, WHY DO WE STILL HAVE MONKEYS AND APES?
4. THE MAIN REASON THAT SANTA IS SO JOLLY IS BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHERE ALL THE BAD GIRLS LIVE.
5. I WENT TO A BOOKSTORE AND ASKED THE SALESWOMAN, "WHERE’S THE SELF-HELP SECTION?' SHE SAID IF SHE TOLD ME, IT WOULD DEFEAT THE PURPOSE.
6. WHAT IF THERE WERE NO HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS?
7. IF A DEAF PERSON SIGNS SWEAR WORDS, DOES HIS MOTHER WASH HIS HANDS WITH SOAP?
8. IF SOMEONE WITH MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES THREATENS TO KILL HIMSELF, IS IT CONSIDERED A HOSTAGE SITUATION?
9. IS THERE ANOTHER WORD FOR SYNONYM?
10. WHERE DO FOREST RANGERS GO TO 'GET AWAY FROM IT ALL?'
11. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU SEE AN ENDANGERED ANIMAL EATING AN ENDANGERED PLANT?
12. IF A PARSLEY FARMER IS SUED, CAN THEY GARNISH HIS WAGES?
13. WOULD A FLY WITHOUT WINGS BE CALLED A WALK?
14. WHY DO THEY LOCK GAS STATION BATHROOMS? ARE THEY AFRAID SOMEONE WILL CLEAN THEM?
15. IF A TURTLE DOESN’T HAVE A SHELL, IS HE HOMELESS OR NAKED?
16. CAN VEGETARIANS EAT ANIMAL CRACKERS?
17. IF THE POLICE ARREST A MIME, DO THEY TELL HIM HE HAS THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT?
18. WHAT WAS THE BEST THING BEFORE SLICED BREAD?
19. ONE NICE THING ABOUT EGOTISTS: THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.
20. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE A CIVIL WAR?
21. IF ONE SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMER DROWNS, DOES THE REST DROWN TOO?
22. IF YOU ATE BOTH PASTA AND ANTIPASTO, WOULD YOU STILL BE HUNGRY?
23. IF YOU TRY TO FAIL, AND SUCCEED, WHICH HAVE YOU DONE?
24. WHOSE CRUEL IDEA WAS IT FOR THE WORD 'LISP' TO HAVE AN “S” IN IT?
25. WHY ARE HEMORRHOIDS CALLED 'HEMORRHOIDS' INSTEAD OF 'ASSTEROIDS'?
26. WHY IS IT CALLED TOURIST SEASON IF WE CAN'T SHOOT AT THEM?
27. WHY IS THERE AN EXPIRATION DATE ON 'SOUR' CREAM?
28. IF YOU SPIN AN ORIENTAL PERSON IN A CIRCLE THREE TIMES DO THEY BECOME DISORIENTED?
29. CAN AN ATHEIST GET INSURANCE AGAINST ACTS OF GOD?

Zee & Toilet Paper

In an attempt to post long movie of my garden today, I realized I needed some review of the Windows Movie Maker program. I've consulted with others on how to shorten it, and will post it when I learn how. For now though, I thought I'd post this funny image of Zee trying to completely demolish this role of toilet paper in my bathroom sink. Fortunately (for me) I was able to catch the mischief before too much damage was done.

Sunflowahs and Punkuns

Here's a ztill ov wun ov mye medium-sized sunflowahs, a moovee ov mye punkun vine and a moovee ov mye tallest sunflowah witch juz burst into veeyou in da lazt cupel ov dayz!