Tennant-tastic
A pre-Doctor Who David Tennant sings & dances in the series Blackpool.
This Ain’t Your Father’s Murphy Bed
Neat video of Italian designed space-saving furniture, including the coolest Murphy beds you’ve ever seen.
What is Homeopathy?
Darryl Cunningham pulls back the curtain on homeopathy in this great comic strip:
Continue reading here.
June 2010 Books
Wow – the fewest books completed since I started noting them down. Though I did get through 1/2 of Dhalgren and 3/4 of Software.
This Awesome Goes to 11
Wherein I share a video of Matt Smith playing with Orbital on the Doctor Who Theme at Glastonbury Music Festival.
Lila, Destroyer of Earphones
Wherein I ponder the destruction of my earphones.
The Words of Carl Sagan
I share a video set to the words of Carl Sagan.
Thoughts on (Nearly) Turning 40
I am rapidly approaching my 40th birthday. I could pretend to be fine and zen with that fact and, to be honest, I don’t dwell on it too much. Still, I am a bit . . . shall we say off-put by the notion that I’m entering middle age. I mean, really. That’s not cool. …
My Moves
I’ve moved.
A lot.
Below is the list of every time I’ve moved to a new town or city over the course of my life as far as I can recall without looking up old journals or asking family. I really, really hope to slow down my moving pace and have high hopes that I will be able to stay in my new place for at least the 4-5 years I expect to take on my PhD.
08/01/2010, Wilkinsburg Pittsburgh, PA.
12/15/2008, Providence, RI.
10/01/2008, Wakefield, RI.
08/01/2008, Las Cruces, NM.
08/15/2005, Brooklyn, NY.
08/15/2004, Richmond, VA.
08/01/2003, Beltsville, MD.
01/01/2003, College Park, MD.
08/01/2001, New Carrollton, MD.
1997, Providence, RI.
1996, Wakefield, RI.
1994, Berkeley, CA.
1994, Pomona, CA.
1993, Providence, RI.
1993, West Lafayette, IN.
1992, Salt Lake City, UT.
1990, Wakefield, RI.
1989, Kingston, RI.
1983, Wakefield, RI.
1982, Charlestown, RI.
1978, Beltsville, MD.
1976, Orono, ME.
1971, Wells, ME.
1970, York, ME.
Average = 1.67 years in one place.
Longest = Wakefield RI from the time I was 13 to 19.
Shortest = Las Cruces, NM. Maybe, if the Spaceport had been up and running and providing jobs at the time, I might have stayed longer. But it wasn’t and I didn’t.