Archives for August 2006
Different New Mnemonic Needed
Published on 24 Aug 2006 at 8:40 am.
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Filed under Astronomy.
Stop the presses, the official decision has been made, and Pluto is no longer a planet (so neither are Charon, Ceres, and UB313).
I feel bad for the UB313 guy, he seemed so jazzed about it becoming a planet.
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New Solar System Mnemonic Needed Soon
Published on 17 Aug 2006 at 12:11 pm.
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Filed under Astronomy.
According to Bad Astronomy (source of the image below), the International Astronomical Union is expected to announce this week that Pluto is still a planet, along with Charon, Ceres and 2003 UB313 (sometimes called “Xena”).
Here’s my suggestion:
Many Vegans Eat Mainly Corn, Just Sitting UnderNeath Pinetrees Calling “UB313!”
OK, I took some compound-word related liberties there, but […]
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Jupiter
Published on 17 Aug 2006 at 8:33 am.
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Last night Jack came by for some astronomy. I was hoping to get a good picture of Jupiter since it won’t be visible for too much longer this year. The trees in my neighbor’s yards give me a pretty small window of opportunity but I managed to get something. Unfortunately I’m still a novice with […]
Dead Rising (so far)
Published on 11 Aug 2006 at 8:12 am.
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Filed under Video Games.
I was playing Dead Rising last night and I got killed. The screen comes up and says
LOAD
SAVE & QUIT
I didn’t want to play anymore so I picked “SAVE & QUIT”. Well, guess what. That doesn’t mean what it means in other games. In THIS game, that means “save the PROGRESS of my character, but I […]
Insert Cuckoo Clock Sound Effect Here
Published on 9 Aug 2006 at 8:37 am.
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So I was walking to work from the subway this morning when a woman turned to me and said “Excuse me?” Thinking she was going to ask directions, I stopped.
In a Caribbean accent she said, “Did you know that Black people can use a wind… I’m not Black by the way,” she said gesturing to […]
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Dead Rising Demo is Out
Published on 4 Aug 2006 at 1:26 pm.
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I just played the demo for Dead Rising and it is great!
It’s basically “Dawn of the Dead, the game”. As a matter of fact there is a big disclaimer at the beginning that says “This game has nothing to do with George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead.” Anyway, there’s hundreds of zombies, and you’re in […]