Today: is a new day page.

How did you like the video? (Admittance: I have not yet watched it myself.)

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I just got back from a pleasure trip. I took my mother-in-law to the airport.

It's probably too late (that was a good joke) but was there any difference in what you did (yes-/)today for Australia Day, or was it business as usual, Zooks?

Those kooks over there outside Rod Laver Arena actually embarassed me by association.
The taste of Vegemite is not nearly as bad as having to endure someone else talking about it as though it were breaking news.

I liked it! Well, not literally "liked" it as in the new age of facebook, but I liked it. I also watched his "death of a washing machine" and it reminded me of when we were young hunters and if we came upon a dump, our favorite part was blasting out old TV screens...back in those days they were still CRT's.



Hey, did you guys hear about UDFj-39546284?

It's now snowing with lightning ...interesting combo.

The nation drags itself to various central points for festivities and fireworks, however, as my missus was going to the beach to support the Haviana thong (footwear!) challenge, and I had to go into work to see a man about some goods, I then headed home for a quiet arvo on the couch...

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You pick up a gorgeous hitch-hiker. That's good.
She faints inside your car. That's not good.
You take her to a hospital where they say she's pregnant and congratulate you. That's bad.
You say you're not the father, but she says you are. That's stressful.
You request a DNA test to prove it's not yours, which it does. That's a relief.
The doctor adds that you're infertile. That's terrible.
Then you remember you have three kids at home!


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UDFj-3
9546284?
What the heck is that?

(Funny, ZookSport2,
infertility aside,
a good diversion.)

UDFj-39546284 was a compact galaxy of blue stars that existed 13.2 billion years ago, around 480 million years after the Big Bang. It is the oldest galaxy found as of 26 January 2011 and beats the previous distance record holder by roughly 150 million light years. It could remain so until the anticipated launch of the James Webb Space Telescope sometime this decade. The galaxy has a z (redshift) of ~10. But unlike UDFy-38135539, UDFj-39546284 has not been spectroscopically confirmed.

The galaxy is remarkable mainly because it has significantly expanded knowledge of the early period after the Big Bang. Astronomers were surprised to find evidence that the rate at which the universe was forming stars grew precipitously in about a 200-million-year time span; the rate of star birth increased by about a factor of ten going from 480 million years to 650 million years after the Big Bang.

One day I'd like to be spectroscopically confirmed.

(2/4)x2=1+0

2 - 4 + 2 + 1 - 1 = 0

I experienced the same thing a time ago. I wonder to what you would, "unofficially", call this cumulus combo? Thunder and Icing? -- "White Lightning"?

mmmm.... Jet, your post makes me want some rich chocolate cake and a shot of my best vodka.

Do you happen to have both in your electric cabinet, I ponder?

http://i52.tinypic.com/2hebsj5.jpg
(I just wanted to add: {and spite!} this is awesome.) -- [Ice + Thunder = Refrigerator]

Come back everyone! I'm lost without you.

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc...583xo1_400.jpg
(I must have posted this before; else, I wouldn't feel so deja-vooey.)

^ a reminder of current events in Egypt. At least so far, most of the populace and the army are protecting their ancient historical treasures.

Just so's yer knows..... 1.30 in the arvo, and it's 44 Degrees on my back verandah... thats 110 F for yous blokes...

(2x4)+2-1=9

The Western Desert
is still living & breathing,
I can hope & trust.

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We're eighty behind
& I can't double-post.
I'm wasting haiku.

please don't consider it a waste since it provokes my thoughts

Zooks, with that kind of temperature differential (14C) you can generate a lot of power. Sterling cycle?

That has confused me, Nick....


Then at 3.00pm, it rained and the temp was 27degress...

Think I got contraction cracks in my lawn...

If you are still here, Zooksport, we can play a quick round of "tennis", no?

By the by, I've just remembered: (plus, I'm expanding my thoughts over several posts, and I say, why not?, fors no ones but us fours, plus maybe an invisible two, cares all that much for the IDEAL.)

But... back to the sudden memory recollection for the moment: I had a recent dream whereby in it, there was a quick segment in which I received a virtual (vicarious) private message from our own jewels.

In the message, she started off nice enough, but then quickly got down to some knitty-gritty about why I'm dissing her WA and all, and it got me (in my dreamstate mind) to thiknking, how incredulous! ... it was something else.

I was, at least I think I was, giving myself, vis-a-vis another personality, a lambasting for not supporting another ridiculous ratty rhubarb pie (re: thread) that's entire premise is condensed to a less-than-second thought, and a random one-word reply.

I'm never one for bullying, or trying to put down the minority, (most of the time, tho, it's the majority that I don't understand) and telling them why they do the what to which they feel akin to doing, but I still ask (in shrouded terms): why? (re: to what aim do you derive any pleasure from this?)

Maybe I'm being critical of myself here (in shrouded, unconscious terms) ...

-- there's a thinker.

(someone else was supposed to intercept me in-between the threes.)

Until you return, I'll still be contemplating what if we had a few of these (for the better)...



--(to note: I was once supposed to write the benefit of the Earth if there was to be a "population shock" event... it was supposed to be my masterpiece, and actually accredit me as sort of evil/true neutral mastermind. I don't know what happened that time. I must have gotten lost in my Super Monkey Ball trance.)

I used to like to bet on mudders at the track...when it was wet, of course.

Thanks, Jet. This inspires my dinner plans for tomorrow. Luckily I got some lamb chops at the market today.

Have you ever made the rhubarb, Nick-0?

(Muddy waters still rock. She'll know what it means.)

Oh yes, I have fond memories of rhubarb. 1st time I ate it was raw, cut fresh from Betty's garden. We were about 7 years old. Her mom used to give it to us and let us dip it in sugar. We'd sit in Betty's kitchen and eat a few stalks and then go out and compare our parts ...little boy/girl thing. I remember I loved her. This was while spending my summers in Frankfort, Ontario, Canada at my grandmom's farm. My grandmom also made a rhubarb souffle that I always liked....to put that into perspective, there's almost no food I've ever tried that I don't like.

Later as an adult, I've also eaten rhubarb pie which I like a lot. It's often combined with strawberries. If I stop at one of the traditional Pennsylvania Dutch restaurants west of Philadelphia and they have rhubarb pie, I almost always get it. And also their chicken/corn chowder with fresh baked biscuits.

Bugger... Sorry Jet, but then you play teenis well enough on your own... you must be really fast, hey..

Nick... see my prior post?

Zooks, the Sterling cycle? We have a couple models of Sterling engines in work, as well as an antique Sterling engine. It's a fun gadget and I think it has a lot of untapped potential. When the internal combustion engine was invented and fuel was cheap, the Sterling engine was put on the back burner. But as fuel gets more expensive they will again become interesting and practical. There's tons written about it online, but here's a link with good info: Stirling Technology, Inc. | Stirling Engines: Uses

All you need to make it do work is a temperature difference. That will allow it to rotate a crank to run a pump, a well, a generator, etc. This animation will give you the idea; the hot side doesn't have to be a fire, all you need is a temp difference; and you can see the finned radiator here is just loosing heat to the atmosphere on the cold end:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2..._animation.gif

Here's an old water pumping Sterling engine but it uses a firebox to make the hot side. The one we have in work is a smaller version of this:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...air-engine.jpg

I understand the sterling cycle.. it was the 14c reference thats throwing me....

Goodnight, Moon.

Sorry...though I'm glad I was wrong about the Sterling cycle confusion.

I figured since it's 30 in the arvo and 44 on your back verandah, that's 14C difference. But just now I looked up "arvo" so now I realize you might also need a time machine to take advantage of a temp difference between the afternoon and your verandah.

Hey, what do you take for a verandah?

LOL .... I don't know, What do you take, for a verandah?

Arvo = afternoon
Back verandah= not at the front of the house....

1.30 in the arvo on BACK verandah = 44. see?

http://mountainparkretreat.com.au/_u...ws_2_small.jpg

I knew "verandah" since we use that word around here, too. But I like the d.u. lingo <<< hey, lingo dingo...that rhymes!

I might have mixed up verandah and haddock, for which I sometimes take a aspirin, sometimes I take a Calamel. No delta T there unless I have a fever.

Zooks, that is one fine verandah. I'd name a daughter, Verandah, yes I would.

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palindrome ahead...

(2x4)-(2x4)=0

At a tender age,
others were content with weird,
definition-wise.

the next one after me will be the good old palindrome!

Yes a good verandah over the toolshed is a must...

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Madam in Eden, I'm Adam

I like the racecar one...but madams in eden are something to look forward to in case all the virgins get out of hand.

and heres anudder[COLOR="DarkSlateGray"]

bububububub

Just making the presence known.

sorry this post was not also issued with "content".

Fact: I have lived in at least a dozen different places in the past (now making me count on my fingers) 30+ months.

hey Zooks, this Aussie girl gave me a tingle back when I first saw this pic. I bet she looks cute frontwards or backwards.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...fruitloops.jpg

fruit loops girl!

She knows a few tricks
about cereal bathing
it seems she might share.


2x4=2x4=8

silly rabbit, tricks are for kids

you're only as old as you feel

This morning, I'm feeling about 115

I just want to cry and give up (sometimes).

So long as I'm here... (will this be my new catchphrase, so long as I keep up at these THREE-steps?)

I'm s'posin' we can listen this juntos



-- (to note: It's not the best practice in the world to listen to a film that is all together, in snippets, French, Spanish, English, and Italian. I should be watching the film, but I'm trying to finish up here. Dummy.)

Thanks, Jetman. I love Herbie...how time flies. I remember when he was so much younger. Weren't we all. His early collaborations with Miles Davis, funk development and the Headhunters. His style and presentation included teaching about what he was doing which made it more enjoyable to me.

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Thanks, to unc hiding somewhere in Michigan at the moment, I just found out that Michigan has the longest freshwater shoreline of any political subdivision in the world.

A person in Michigan is never more than six miles from a natural water source or more than 85 miles from a Great Lakes shoreline. This part I don't find so amazing since if I drive an hour from Philadelphia I'm at the Atlantic Ocean and if I go a few minutes in any direction I'll run into a creek or river.

Let's see if I hit the dot...

(missed it by a minute)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4106/...26a1c77a_m.jpg
(I don't have the energy, much more - in tandem - the ideas, to sustain this)

Maybe I'll be back to morrows?


I tried as I might, yet came away none the greater.

--attributed, self

I feel greater than I did a few minutes ago, but it's probably because I just ate a big plate of veal stew that my deary wifey made. I took all the marrow from the bones, spread it on a nice piece of bread, and ate that for dessert.

I remember loving a good feed a brains and tripes. Nowadays, not so much....

That stuff is still high on my list when prepared properly.

I have a new theory that this thread, and only this thread, is actually a LOT bigger than it seems. In fact, because of the potential consequences of this new concept, we actually have about 6,065,000 posts Cosmos At Least 250x Bigger Than Visible Universe

If it turns out this idea is, in fact, not real, then it may still be possible that when this thread, and only this thread, reaches a critical density it will experience a period of super inflation during which we will zoom far ahead of any other thread in this universe.

...making us longest,
& the broadest & deepest:
Not within limits.

24-26=-2

Anybody heard any good paraprosdokians lately?

Here's a couple somebody sent me today:

The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!

You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.

I find this image to be very entertaining

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx...9izmo1_250.gif
えび閨:ダンスレッスン

(what would you call the 'move'?)

She looks as though she's been poured into her clothes, and forgot to say 'when

It's funny you should mention it... took the liberty of findng a nice photo of B. Beauchamp, for future use in TLTE! ...
She really does compare to the statement of being poured into her clothes.

I'll disagree, for discussions' sake.

(further talking points to come in future episodes)

How to avoid that?
Retreat to philosophy?
Hide in the bushes?

Just kidding Jettee,
& I'll answer your quibble
as variety.

Thanks for the reply. I give one back, in return.

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Something I learned from the hip hop/rap music my kids sometimes listen to is that square root of 69 is ate sumtin

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.

With adequate pull
comes the target to shoot at
& closer the aim.

((2x4)-2)-7=-1

Everything in my universe is the target of my attention.

(2-4-2)+7=3

Looking in your eye
thus comprises some danger
to the unwary?

If I wink that means all is OK.

I have way too much content. (/understatement)

I always wondered how to do this. Maybe I learned a lesson on how to embed vimeo, thanks to Jet.

I love the rainbow..

yes, very colorful and happy

'Twasn't always as simple. It only worked maybe 5% of the time (a year ago).
Then it changed. Maybe over the course of just one day. It appeared.
SM70 showed it to me, and 'twas what I was waiting for, all along.

Now, it seems to work just as fine with the link only (tho, not as big).


(Circular logic.)

Way too much content
deserves no understatement:
This thread's deep & broad!

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Does BadNick have an intuition about which Ocean is the deepest and Longest Broadest?

(my numb noggin is leanin' toward a Pacific sweep.)

+ bonus (is this a new page?)

Broadest you know,
so I think longest's given,
& deepest as well.

I've just learned the above is a foto-feature of Haile Selassie I.
Did you know this as well?
(apparently, there might also be a video of the above famous capture, but I can't quite configure it now.)


-- (to note: I think I'm getting slower to the draw than usual. It's a sign-of-life-times shame a white rabbit that doesn't have a mind about a timepiece.)

Last additional piece: was anyone else in mind about this being (becoming) the New Year of the Rabbit?
I was excited, as much as I can be without saying a word or making a grand gesture, to learn of this,
just 10 minutes ago. I don't hold much information in my head at one time, I'm afraid. Seems right on time.
Happy (almost) New Year! (to all my moon brothers & sisters.)

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+ bonus

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg...wiv8o1_400.jpg

Sorry for lying like that. I just had -- (to note:) one last additional piece of uncanny revelations, after scrolling through my first wikipedia pages for this month.

It started with reading here: Rabbit (zodiac) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (start(s)/-ed today, I see)

Then I noticed something about the chart of equivalency;
Took a peek to the before Symbolic sign, and then it came to light.

The combination of tiger/rabbit is said to be (in rough nature of astronomical translation) equivalent to a middling Aquarius/Pisces sign.

That beats all, don't it? As it so happens to state on my landing page, I'm in the middle of it as well: February 16 (not quite on the cusp, but I've never been one of those guys who lives on the edge - more like the borderlands.)


Cool insight, man. (coincidental happenings when I chose my first identifier, no?)

I see you guys already concluded what I would guess is fact: that the Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest. I don't see any possibility that largest will ever be contested, but deepest might one day be a surprise since we know so little about what's under those waves.


http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ftherabbit.jpg

World Events
According to most astrologers, the year of the Rabbit will see heightened state of conflicts arising from the eastern and the northeastern parts of Asia. North and South Korean tensions are expected to persist throughout the year with no solid solution in sight. This should be similar to what was witnessed during the duration from 1950 to 1953. The alignments of the sickness stars and the Grand Duke of Jupiter are also not very favorable. Last such alignment pointed to a SARS outbreak.

Health
Last year, the year of the tiger, was very unforgiving for people with shoulder and neck problems. This was expected because of the powerful energies of the tiger. The year of the Metal Rabbit points to a different style of energy of altogether and you should be taking special care of your liver and lungs. Increasing rates of pollution and deteriorating weather are expected to be heavy on lungs.

Love
If you have been born in the year of the Dog, Horse or Tiger, you will see greater chances of finding love. So be prepared to go out more often.

World Economy
After the global recession, the US economy will continue to improve over time and it is advised that you gradually step away from your investments in imports from China. Last year, the year of the Tiger, saw many people gain great returns based on their investments in metals such as gold, copper and silver.

This year being the year of the metal rabbit is expected to be even more favorable for those investing in metals. Try to go for construction grade metals like nickel, zinc, aluminum and steel. It is also expected that your investments in agricultural products like corn, wheat, cotton and others will produce great returns. The last time we had the year of the rabbit, there was great recovery in the world economy that was suffering from the 1987 worldwide stock market crash and in the year 1999, we saw recovery from the burst of the dot com bubble.

Source of prediction ICMN

simplify

To be honest: I've had this "film" in my "queue" for almost two weeks now.


I'm just beginning to watch it now. You can, too. (until tomorrow, when the page says it will expire. Sorry for being so late.)


-- (to note: it has everything to do with the "rat" you saw at Alcatraz some pages ago.)

The Year of the Rat
saw me onto this planet:
I married a dog.

...there was much friction,
as the theory predicted:
Does that make it true?

Challenger Deep, Pacific Ocean, -35,994ft.

There's an idea that's years in the making. (reminding one'self)
I must have mentioned it before, but I lulled about it.
No, I think if I'm lucky enough to be alive tomorrow,
I'll devote a special segment of at least eight minutes,
in order to track down the "original" story of the Epic:
The Grand Emperor's Race (The Story of the Friendship between Cat & Mouse)


-- (to note: I might be looking for this again, because I can't honestly remember if I've posted it one in the past five years. /in before the hour resets)

I don't understand why women want to be equal when they could be better. That shows a lack of ambition to me.
Which is why men are better

Both are useless without the other. Though sometimes I just want to relax and be useless.

Without ambition
ascendancy arises
slowly if at all

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While up to the task,
laying back and taking it
is much more my style.

Looking over the less than dozen quotable to which apply, and were uttered, by/to/about myself, I notice something: I'm not very eloquent.

For all the blathering that I do, the 8 or so quotes that I've been ruminating about for the better part of 3+ years are quite terse, if also not very bright.

I tried as I might, yet came away none the greater. (I've probably stated this before, if not, also, very recently. I'm a forgetful nelly.)

Don't be knockin on the Nelly. I named my most beloved daughter, first child, "Nell". It seems I haven't seen her for the longest time.

New avatar, Jet!

Maybe she's forgotten to call?

But she text'd me today :) ...and I actually did speak with her a few days ago. According to google maps, she's about 2876 miles away from me.

Are you trying to nudge us in the direction of Where in the World?
Does your daughter's name state begin with the letter C, as in control?