Ah yes! Got my math fix for the day AND a side of string theory.
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Month: May 2014
Movie Review: Godzilla (2014) – 3.5 stars
Watched opening weekend (May 17, 2014)
My husband and I watched Godzilla on opening weekend at our favorite local movie theater, taking advantage of their VIP seating. One recent change to their pricing has me a bit rumbled. The Legends 14 Theater’s matinee pricing stops at 4:00 p.m. now, instead of the traditional 5:00 p.m. This means the main attraction, like Godzilla, only has one matinee per day in the large screen theater. I prefer matinees more for the time slots than the cost savings (since I’m paying extra for VIP service anyway), but still. Irksome.
I had read a couple of reviews before deciding to watch this movie in theaters. I have many fond memories of Godzilla week on the local Kansas City television stations in the 70s. I’d come home from school and the after school movies would feature Godzilla classics from the 50s and 60s. My forty-year foggy memory doesn’t recall much of the plots, but I do remember them being entertaining.
This latest iteration of Godzilla took me a bit by surprise. Continue reading “Movie Review: Godzilla (2014) – 3.5 stars”
Main Bathroom Remodel Marathon Finish Line in Sight
This is a shout-out to my hubby, Terry, who has worked tirelessly for months (nearly a year) to remodel our main bathroom. We saw the light at the end of the tunnel last week with the arrival of the final piece in the puzzle:
This new vanity, the second one ordered after the first one was returned because of defects, weighs close to or over two hundred pounds, without the granite top. Continue reading “Main Bathroom Remodel Marathon Finish Line in Sight”
ASOD: Phases of the Moon
Beautiful sketch work in this Astronomy Sketch of the Day posting from this past Sunday:
Moon; full moon facing, two views of dark side.
Sketch was made in my studio.
2009; published on album cover for jazz band Four, 2009
Graphite on archival paper.
Visit the Astronomy Sketch of the Day website for more great astronomical sketches.
Memorial Day (Observed)
Memorial Day Weekend at The National World War I Museum
Wonderful events scheduled thus weekend near the Liberty Memorial.
Article: The 10 Algorithms That Dominate Our World
The 10 Algorithms That Dominate Our World
http://io9.com/the-10-algorithms-that-dominate-our-world-1580110464
Two of these qualify as scary (if not down right terrifying) … NSA (substitute Big Brother if you prefer) and CRUSH (say Minority Report).
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Inside the collapse of local payday giant LTS Management
Inside the collapse of a local payday giant.
via Inside the collapse of local payday giant LTS Management.
All I can say is it’s about damn time this happened. A criminal investigation into payday loan operations is LONG overdue.
This year’s best meteor shower prepares to take center stage | Astronomy.com
This year’s best meteor shower prepares to take center stage | Astronomy.com.
Debris from an obscure comet could light up the sky with 100 or more meteors per hour the night of May 23/24.
Astronomers expect the shower to peak sometime between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. EDT the morning of May 24 (11 p.m. to 1 a.m. PDT). This timing works perfectly for observers in the United States and southern Canada. For the best views, find an observing site far from city lights. Light pollution brightens the sky and washes out fainter meteors, lessening the shower’s impact.
The weather forecast for Lansing is dismal. Cloudy Friday and Saturday, thunderstorms predicted. Unless I want to take a long long drive somewhere, I won’t get a chance to see this new meteor shower.
Hope you have better luck in your neck of the woods!
Guest post by L.E. Modesitt Jr.: The Challenges and Benefits of a Long Series
Can’t wait to read the latest Recluce book.