The quote above was made by Carl Sagan. That quote has become even more meaningful recently with the release of a new research study by Zita Martins, Oliver Botta, Marilyn L. Fogel, Mark A. Sephton, Daniel P. Glavin, Jonathan S. Watson, Jason P. Dworkin, Alan W. Schwartz and Pascale Ehrenfreund. The title of the paper […]
We just finished watching all three of the extended movies that make up Lord of the Rings (Directed by Peter Jackson). Understand, we didn’t do a marathon — we watched about half a movie a night and finished tonight. It’s a way to unwind. However, every time I watch, my husband (Hyperion: Poor, poor, pitiful, […]
It seems that when the Mars soil was first scooped up and the arm tried to dump it in the ovens there was a bit of a problem. The soil was clumpy and things didn’t turn out quite the way they were expected too. However, scientists on Earth sent commands to jiggle/vibrate the screens over […]
Today it was 101 without the heat index. The weather stations said it wouldn’t cool off until 8 PM. We walked down to the mailbox about 4PM and it was really hot. But at 8:30 PM, temperature 95 degrees, we went out and watered all the plants. Finished prepping the lavender slice of the herb […]
Yesterday it was 107 with the heat index. Today it was even warmer. We walked down to the mail box to get the paper (1/4 mile). Then worked in the garden for about 20 minutes which was as long as we could take. Paul got the yard prepped for mowing–lots of branches and twigs came […]
Today was hot — 98 degrees (107 with heat index). Tomorrow is supposed to be hotter. But this evening it was another thunder, lightning, and rain storm. I’m hoping if dries off so we can get some yard work done tomorrow. We were supposed to run errands today but it took 6 hours at the […]
I was wandering around this morning and early afternoon, feeling like I was thinking through a fog and wondering where all my spoons had gone. In spite of it all, I’d managed to work my way through a user’s guide and half a system administration guide. That was in prep for some software I’m configuring […]
Just watched Enchanted, a combination live action and animation film from Disney. Directed by Kevin Lima. Starring: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Timothy Spall, and Rachel Covey — and others. Special Features: Bloopers, Deleted Scenes, a music video, three making of musical number features, Pop-up book of Pip’s Adventure, then a short bit that […]