Just What Color Is Dark Matter, Anyway?

..And how can I Look before I leap if He who hesitates is lost ?

Cosmic Rays
Illustration Credit: Simon Swordy (U. Chicago), NASA

It seems that something out there within a thousand parsecs or so is showering Earth with extra energetic electrons. No one know why, but sex is probably involved scientists have been researching it for years. The whole story is at Science@NASA – where they can’t do climate studies worth even the tiniest pinch of ‘coon shit.

The above photo was swiped from Dark Roasted Blend quite a while back. But I have no link, and I must scream.

The above just may be a late Pliocene Wee-creature, in case anyone wanted to know.

Teeth! I forgot the teeth!

…swiped from Ebaumsworld just moments ago.

Yes – We’re Stuffed! DNC To Blame, Of Course

The above is from Pravda - a publication synonymous with veracity. There’s a shitload of weird animals. I posted that one because its brightly colored. Not shiny, but bright.

Also from Pravda - where you can put your trust in your anus: Here are some complete and utter assholes who’ve overbuilt their bodies using hard work, discipline, and shitloads of hormones. They are now designated The Uber-ugly.

And … for a change of pace … here’s something from Pravda - where the moving finger tickles. Actually, these are fairly hot cheerleaders. We like cheerleaders.

And now for some science news! We all like science news, don’t we?

Take a look at this:

If you took one look at the above and screamed, “Glacier! A Mars glacier!“, well then pat yourself on the back.

However, if you screamed, “Ancient Pliocene Wee-creature skidmark!“, well, then you need to get out more.

Seems they deep-radar’ed Mars and – dip them in gooey shit! – they found a spazillion glaciers!

Now what could be cooler, I ask you? Here is the whole story – at Scientific American – where something or the other seems to always be a little bit off.

Running On Empty – Like The DNC Integrity Machine

Um…teeth?

Actually, this is the photo Astute Blogger had posted along with an article about some Hammas & Fatah college women getting into fistfights over something or the other – probably shoe sizes or the best diet politics. Ya think? I’d never noticed how hot Fatah women were. Or Hammas. Or whatever.

Maybe the photo really isn’t the chicks. But if they aren’t, then they’re someone else. that’s almost a given.

But…but…they were the only teeth I saw today – except for in some photos I know others will post elsewhere. And – you must admit – those choppers aren’t bad…

I also saw a great “accident ready to happen” photo over at Break.com – but I left it there in case the Mayor decides to use it. No I didn’t. I copied it but am not going to use it.

The above is precisely what goes through my mind when I try to go down to the barn at night. In the dark. Alone. Unarmed. With no light. And no moonlight.

I am really astonished that a guy as old and thick-skinned numb as me would be nervous about the boogymen. Maybe I’m just enjoying the novel nerve-ending stimulus. I always did enjoy being frightened. Yeah…right.

I want to ride on this railroad after eating a really rich, heavy meal.

Update: Mayor Theo! I did NOT take this photo from you! I stole it fair and square from Break.com (I think) or Ebaums! I think we have the same taste in stolen photos!

McGoos Possessions Soon Under One Roof! DNC Dismayed!

These are most of the (important) toys I left in Texas for safekeeping:

I chose to give my Colt AR-15 A2 HBar to my Texas friend for storing and taking care of my shit for 7 years. It was not an easy decision – but I owed him big-time, and he coveted the AR-15 like nothing else on the planet. Besides – I can shoot it any time I want. Especially since (after I resume reloading) I’ll be supplying him with the custom match rounds that I tailored for it. And … only I have the barrel casting, micrometer data, ballistic data, and resulting ammo recipe for it. Bwa-haa-haa!

Now I need to clean them all – just because. But first I need to remember how to field strip some of ‘em. Duh…

I’ll be more comfortable when my 800-lb safe shows up. Guess I should start locking the house doors when I leave – ya think?
Let’s see what photos I’ve collected and forgotten about:

I figure Sarah Palin will come running to me when she sees my collection of toys.

OK…all together … “Awwwwww!”

Update: I forgot the teeth:

There have got to be some teeth somewhere in this photo. Study it carefully.

It’s from the latest break.com collection – as is this one:

The only reason I included the one above is that I’ve actually witnessed an accident identical to this back about 1998. She (of course the driver was a she) hit a main hydrant in Santa Clara Cal. and the effing 20-30-inch diameter water column shot up about 20-25 feet! It was stunning! It filled the street for blocks – seemingly in seconds – and was washing landscaping and shrubberies away at an amazing rate.

The reason I know the approximate dimensions of the water spout is that as soon as it happened a shitload of engineers (remember I said Santa Clara?) came crawling out of all the businesses in the area and started estimating (and arguing about) sizes and flow rates and forces. It was hilarious on so many levels.

Pigeon Art: Super Science: Supergirls

This is how I’ve been spending my quality time:

Yes, boys and girls – the vinyl siding is done. The soffits too, except for the corners. I’ll rent a metal brake next week and bend all the fascia metal and door trim metal and corner boxes, and install al of it – - – and then I will be done, done, done! ‘Bout time, too. It’s gettin’ cold out there.

Then I can start remodeling the basement and doing a bit of furnace/HVAC soundproofing.

Here is some art:

There! Don’t you feel all cultured and sophisticated now? No? Hmmm…

I saw a photo of a supergirl over at Mitchieville and recognized it as one I’d found over at break.com and posted myself quite a while back. The Mayor obviously searches in the same high-class intellectual places I spend my time.

Anyway, I decided that I’d do a Supergirl extravaganza. I’ve posted most (all?) of these before – because they were all already in my media file. Question is – did I number them when I found them, or were they already numbered when I found them? Who knows. Who cares.

Update: And now I’ve actually READ the Mayors post over there (instead of just noting the photo in passing) and see that he is doing a Supergirl Week. I am soooo embarrassed. I didn’t mean to steal your thunder, Mayor! I will make it up to you!

So enjoy:

Science alert:

The above is a Pico-satellite – built by U of Florida Aerospace Engineering Laboratory. It only weighs about 2 pounds but can eat ten times it’s weight in wolf poison has the ability to read your mind take a wealth of sensory data – I think. I didn’t read the article (it spoils the movie), but I’d like to play one on Broadway which is here at Science Daily – where seldom is heard a discouraging word, but the skies are not cloudy all day.

Science Intermission:

An unidentified woman getting impregnated with q-tip embryos. Soon she’ll bleed out q-tips as she dies horribly.

They’ve invented a machine that can detect disease in less than 60 seconds. It’ll be great for testing your date before you fuck her brains out! catching detecting disease in airports and such – which is what they’re talking about. Another bullseye by those madcap journalists over at Science Daily – where no one can hear you scream!

Seems to me I’ve seen more supergirls on the net. I will search: No, I will not. That is your assignment while I’m away in the land of Texas. Back next week if all goes well.

Oh! I forgot the teeth. Thanks, jwp!

DNC Hemorrhoidal Treatment: Finger-Pointing Won’t Solve The Problem!

This is a Lion fish. They’re poisonous. It’s those spines on top of the fucker that’ll do you in. So don’t, like, pet it, or step on it. ‘Kay?

The photo below was posted over at Last Of The few, but I got it from the same place they did (Break.com I think) because I was gonna post it but they did it first. So there.

She looks inordinately pleased to be a big-busted baseball pitcher. I’m happy for her. And her tits.

I got a new shipment of teeth in. Check ‘em out above. Officer Naughty and CornPone Cathy? Yes…

This photo above is how I picture Ace of Spades. Like a Viking!

The above is a li’l something-or-the-other bear (I forgot) – a microscopic critter thingy that is amazingly tough. You can boil ‘em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em in a stew all day long and they don’t die. They can even be taken out into the vacuum of space with no harm done.

But the reason I kept the photo is because that pale shape right in the middle looks like a nekkid lady.

This Is A Late Parrot Joke!

Looks like the famous Monty Python parrot sketch is actually about 1600 years old! Damn! Who’da thunk it?

The whole story is here - at the Daily Telegraph – where everything continues to be All Clear.

There are a shitload of really great photos by the winning Euro-photographer of the year (2008) – ol’ Whatshisname. Read it  over there at NewScientist - where something interesting is always happening every once in a while.

Their making diamonds by the shitload over at the Carnegie Institute in Washington – as reported by NewScientist - again – because they were quick on the draw! Is there nothing you can’t do with Vapor Phase Deposition?

Here’s some more diamond photos.

And:

These are not diamonds. Those cunning Japanese (or Whateverese) have invented the extruded egg roll.

I mean egg … roll. Can you imagine the sulfur farts resulting from pigging out on one or two of these? The perfect travel food.

Yes … it is a truck … in there … somewhere. For some reason that scale up in there amuses me.

There were no teeth to be found on the ‘Net this early in the morning. Sorry.