Character of the day: Sky
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Archive for July, 2009
The Milky Way over Devil’s Tower
Astronomy Picture of the Day
So We’ll Go no More a Roving
George Gordon, Lord Byron So, we’ll go no more a roving So late into the night, Though the heart be still as loving, And the moon be still as bright. For the sword outwears its sheath, And the soul wears out the breast, And the heart must pause to breathe, And love itself have rest. [...]
Deceiving the devil
Breaking Wind: Legendary Farts: “The fellow said, ‘Now, now, I still have some time. My hour hasn’t come yet.’ Walking back and forth in his room he finally broke wind mightily and then said to the devil, ‘Bring that back to me!’ The devil was not able to do this, and he left in an [...]
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This jumpin’ green sphere
Lord Buckley, The Naz: ”Now look at all you cats and kitties out there whippin’ and wailin’ and jumpin’ up and down and suckin’ up all that juice and pattin’ each other on the back and hippin’ each other who the greatest cat in the world is: Mr. Malenkov, Mr. Talenkov, Mr. Eisenhower, Mr. Wozenweezer, [...]
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Hercules
Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil 7.243: “I hear with pleasure that our sun is moving rapidly towards the constellation Hercules: and I hope that the men on this earth will do like the sun. And we foremost, we good Europeans!”