Category: daily drivel
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infinity
I’ve always understood that nothing travels faster than the speed of light because it would take an infinite amount of energy to accelerate an object to light speed. I’m not saying that’s correct, mind you, I’m only saying that’s what I’ve been given as an explanation for why the speed of light is an absolute.… Read.
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eternity
My Darling B seemed to think she could leave some foods in the freezer “for eternity.” I pointed out that she couldn’t, but she insisted she could. “But eventually the continent will be flooded,” I pointed out, “and if we’re talking really long-term, when the sun dies it will engulf the whole planet, and everything… Read.
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paperless environment
I went to Menard’s last night to buy some sandpaper. All I wanted was some sandpaper so I could sand down a slab of plywood I wanted to use for a desk top so I could apply a second coat of shellac to it. Menard’s had all kinds of sandpaper, as long as I wanted… Read.
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squirrel
I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed this before, but there’s about a zillion squirrels out there. I just came home from a walk around the neighborhood and counted a thousand million billion on our street alone, all out collecting nuts or whatever squirrels do at this hour of the morning. Whatever it was, they… Read.
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maple
First thing we did yesterday, after cleaning up and making ourselves presentable to the world, was jump in the car and head into town to see if Lazy Jane’s still had pumpkin waffles with real maple syrup whipped cream. They said they did, but My Darling B was reading their specials at eight or eight-thirty… Read.
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Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson recently appeared on the “Ask Me Anything” page of Reddit and blew the minds of Redditors during an hour-long Q & A. Here are some of my favorite questions and the answers Tyson gave: Q. If you could impress one thing on young people today, what would it be? N.d.T. That adults… Read.
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flagrant
My computer at work has been locking up. Just flat-out freezing. I’ll be batting out a terribly important memo or mouse-clicking through the endless stream of e-mail when, for no reason that I’ve been able to figure out, the computer will stop responding to my key-batting and mouse-clicking, and no amount of cussing will convince… Read.
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programmed
My body is programmed to pee at five o’clock. This is not a problem on weekdays, because that’s when I get up, put the water on for the coffee, and take a long, hot shower. On weekends, though, I would prefer to stay in bed a little longer. Say, at least until the sun comes… Read.
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cell
I got a new cell phone, and it’s almost as fancy-pants as yours. Almost. For many, many moons I had a cell phone that was just a phone. It didn’t take photos, I couldn’t use it to surf the internet, my e-mail didn’t come to my phone – all it did was make phone calls.… Read.
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barnard’s
When the taxi driver taking us to the Hop Head Beer Tour turned on the radio to listen to This American Life, the first segment of the show described a gathering of scientists, writers and people who were just plain into the idea of solving the problem of traveling between stars. “That sounds like your… Read.
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