theories on space exploration…

January 26th, 2012 No comments

And such…

When early explorers first set out west across the atlantic, most people thought the world was flat. Most people thought that if you sailed far enough west you would drop off a plane into nothing. These vessels sailing out to the unknown, they weren’t carrying noble men or aristocrats, artists, merchants… they were crewed by people living on the edge of life… the mad men, the orphans, ex-convicts, outcasts like myself. As a felon, I’m an unlikely candidate for most things but perhaps not for this. Perhaps, I am the most likely.

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Carl Sagan has an assistant…

January 26th, 2012 No comments

Richard Berendzen

Within our lifetimes, we’ve marveled as biologists have managed to look at ever smaller and smaller things. And astronomers have looked further and further into the dark night sky, back in time and out in space. But maybe the most mysterious of all is neither the small nor the large: it’s us, up close. Could we even recognize ourselves, and if we did, would we know ourselves? What would we say to ourselves? What would we learn from ourselves? What would we really like to see if we could stand outside ourselves and look at us?

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if you want to serve in the military…

January 26th, 2012 No comments

hey, in my opinion, if you are stupid enough to join the armed services, you go right ahead. and i mean that in no disrespect to those who have server or lost their lives defending this country. however, our armed services have turned into world police and they dont really defend US or fight in actual wars (dont knit pick me on this, until CONGRESS declares war on another country our people in uniform are cops with big guns).

but hey, if you want to join up? AND you happen to be gay? are you really trying to tell me that gay people are not worthy of possibly being killed for this country? really?

Mike Reynolds is an idiot.

OK Rep. Mike Reynolds is pushing a bill that would ban gays and lesbians from serving openly in the state’s National Guard – and it would let state officials ask about the sexual orientation of service members.

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seeing red…

January 25th, 2012 No comments

no more fucking around…

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destroyed my iphone today…

January 25th, 2012 No comments

dropped it down the stairs. i like this phone because i didn’t pay for it. i know, but hey, what can you do?

i am just going to jailbreak the thing and abuse the hell out of it anyway.

so, at the moment i am cut off from the world…bummer.

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I wasnt paying attention…

January 22nd, 2012 No comments

I spent a week with this person while she was in ICU in LA. She sang in Big Wow. She was a really great person. I didn’t know she had gotten worse let alone died two months ago. Her birthday was tomorrow. She would have been 43.

ugh….

Lisa Ilene Shapiro, age 42, beloved daughter of Sharon, nee Peck, and Dr. Michael Shapiro; loving sister of Nancy (Brian) Pastroff; devoted aunt of Isabelle, Miles and Sydney; cherished granddaughter of the late Maurie and Shirley Shapiro and the late Isadore and Norma Peck; dear niece of Deeann Levy and Natalie (Jerald) Groner; dear friend to many who lived throughout the country. Special thanks to our California family, who loved Lisa like a daughter. Lisa will be missed by all who knew and loved her. Service Tuesday, 12 Noon, at Temple Chai, 1670 Checker Rd., Long Grove, IL. Interment Shalom Memorial Park. Lisa fought a valiant and courageous battle against cancer, therefore the family is requesting any donations be made to The American Lung Association , 55 W. Wacker Dr., Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60601, (312) 781-1100 or The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, 651 W. Washington Blvd., Suite 400, Chicago, IL 60661, 312-651-7350 For information call Shalom Memorial Funeral Home (847) 255-3520.

The view from her hospital room.

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