Motley Moose – Archive

You probably wonder what the title has to do with a diary about science. It is part of a sentence in an interesting story in the March 5 NY Times about a discovery 50 years in the making. It was the story of the Higgs Boson. This was a story about some of the major players and events. I found it especially interesting because of my own involvement in a small way many years ago.

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) was 10 miles from the high school where I taught. In 1983, Fermilab offered for the first time three summer science teacher institutes in chemistry, biology, and physics. I was teaching physics. I was fortunate to be one of the 20 teachers selected for the physics group.

Join me below for more.

Another week already gone!  Many of us got snow, at least one of us got a job, all of us are working hard.  The sequester silliness continues with no end in sight and there was an actual talking filibuster!  I am no Paul fan and it was only a way to get some facetime on TV but I appreciate the effort of actually doing a real live filibuster and I agree with him on this particular issue.  Maybe the only thing I agree with him on but it is important to look for common ground.  

Hello, it’s me again with another diary about the Hill Country Ride for AIDS. Here’s a picture of me & my friend David the year I was top fundraiser:

I haven’t done as many of these as I’d like, February wasn’t the best month for me. But this is important so I wanted to squeeze this in. If you want to cut to the chase, here’s my Hill Country Ride for AIDS page, but I hope you’ll come with into the extended diary for a good story. And of course music.

Happy Friday, Bombadeiros!  How’s it hangin’?

My knees have already mostly recovered from my fall. I have a policy – if nothing pops or creaks, keep it moving. I kept moving after tripping, and my knees never got swollen and never stiffened up. I do workers’ comp for a living, and it seems to me the ones who suffer the longest are the ones who instantly go sedentary when they get injured. My wrist has improved range of motion, but I still need the brace I picked up yesterday (I had one at home, but the color was soooooo butt-ugly that I had to find an alternative).

Interrogatories

Let’s talk about ever-changing standards of beauty. Picking from any period in history, you just have to have seen pictures of the person or persons in question, who is the most beautiful woman you can think of, in your opinion? You don’t have to narrow it down to one if you can’t. How about the most beautiful/handsome man? What is your favorite number? Do you need a dark room to fall asleep in, or does it not matter? Are you an easy sleeper or do you suffer from insomnia? Do you prefer nights or mornings?

The Twitter Emitter

Yo Rand Paul, if you are against executing Americans without a fair trial, the best place to complain would be Rick Perry’s office.

— John (@linnyitssn) March 7, 2013

If President Obama has the authority to use drones, what’s to stop him from using them to make restaurants integrate?

— Jack Kimble (@RepJackKimble) March 7, 2013

Plain black t-shirt: I’m ready to go out into the world. Exact same shirt in white: I’m going outside in my underwear.

— John Moe (@johnmoe) March 7, 2013

Anti-drone lefties don’t be fooled. Tea People didn’t care when 100.000s died in Iraq, they don’t care now. It’s just blaming the black guy.

— John (@linnyitssn) March 7, 2013

Maybe now Rand Paul will have sympathy for people who stand 13 hours EVERY DAY making a tiny, tiny fraction of what he earns

— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) March 7, 2013

At least some libs have been consistent about limited executive power, cons are just full of it.

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) March 7, 2013

The best argument against capitalism is Joe Theismann being paid to talk about his prostate.

— Mark Ennis (@Mengus22) March 7, 2013

Don’t do it! Don’t give in. There are people who love you. Don’t throw your life away by reading internet comments.

— Don’t Read Comments (@AvoidComments) March 7, 2013

Designing a new work-outfit for myself.Must be chic, wick away sweat, and protect against gamma radiation.Suggestions appreciated.

— Mark Leyner (@LeynerMark) March 7, 2013

Rand Paul ordered an intern to fetch his Aqua Buddha mobile urinal, but the poor kid couldn’t find it among the Storm Front memorabilia.

— Justice Putnam (@justiceputnam) March 8, 2013

  Make sure you let your peeps know where to find you!  

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, by Stefano in SE Idaho on flikr.com

JanF and I are going to give you news clues.

This is your open news thread through Sunday night.

I get stories from my twitter feed, or I look at various web editions of newspapers (in English) around the world.  

Oh hai!

I have overuse and tension in both shoulders and across upperback.  After a knock-down drag-out tension headache over the weekend, I have iced, stretched, and started some very specific exercises with weights.  

Welcome to Thursday Coffee Hour. This is an open topic thread so help yourself to the goodies and sit a spell and let us know what is new in your life. I have a couple of leads on where to promote my art so I’ve been updating all my old art on my website with new models and textures. I want everything to look as good as possible. I did a series in 2006 called the Guardian series where I tied everything together with the same dragon and rainbows. I wanted to challenge myself to see if I could do a series that was artistic and symbolic and united together. It wasn’t easy to do but the more I got into it the more I enjoyed creating it. The dragon was really a pretty clunky model and could not be posed. So I just finished updating the whole series. These are the Guardians of Time. See my previous diary for the Guardians of the Seasons. Future diaries will have the Guardians of Elements, and Concepts. I’ve included my comments on the pictures from my website.  

Thalutationths, Bombstherth! It’th Thursday.

I fell down and went boom yesterday, effed up my right knee, but most of all my left hand. I have to let my right hand hit the shift key for the left one, because too much range of motion hurts. Too bad I didn’t do it at work, I could handle my own workers’ comp claim!

Oh well, let me poke my nose into your business. Don’t hold back!

Interrogatories

Those of you who cook: What is your very best dish? Can we have the recipe? 😉 What fashion from your youth would you like to see come back in style?  What fashion from your youth would send you running from the room screaming if it came back in style? What is your favorite day of the week?

The Twitter Emitter

Paul Ryan: “Why is everyone so focused on jobs? It’s time to get back to the real work of redefining rape and killing Medicare”

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) March 6, 2013

I’m celebrating Alan Greenspan’s birthday by being wrong, but getting away with it.

— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) March 6, 2013

Reminder to all the new Rand Paul fans on my twitter feed – his appreciation for civil liberties ends where a woman’s uterus begins

— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) March 7, 2013

To be fair, unlike Ted Cruz or John Cornyn, Rand Paul actually believes the bullshit that comes out of his mouth.

— TBogg (@tbogg) March 7, 2013

If someone can just trick Rand Paul into saying his name backwards we can end this right now.

— Matthew (@Matterless) March 7, 2013

Just tell Rand Paul we will only use drones on women or on blacks who try to eat at his lunch counter and he’ll stop. #p2

— Steve Weinstein (@steveweinstein) March 7, 2013

Isn’t a 10-hour filibuster against drones an oxymoron?

— Rob Kutner (@ApocalypseHow) March 7, 2013

Rand Paul doing the Harlem Shake now.

— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) March 7, 2013

It would seem Republicans are SUPER concerned about civil liberties when a Democrat is President.

— Greg Pinelo (@gregpinelo) March 7, 2013

If you think this is good, Rand Paul’s filibuster against the FEMA concentration camps and the gay madrasas will be EPIC.

— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) March 7, 2013

Has any right-wing nutzoid accused Obama of using the drone authorization as a way of dividing Republicans yet?

— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) March 7, 2013

If you turned a blind eye on torture & extrajudicial killings under W, you have no right to complain about civil rights violations under O.

— Jason Febery (@JasonFebery) March 7, 2013

That awkward moment when Rand Paul is against killing American citizens w/o trial while supporting stand your ground laws

— United Liberals(@UnitedLiberals) March 7, 2013

Rand Paul’s filibuster is now longer than John Galt’s speech. And you’re lucky if you don’t get that.

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) March 7, 2013

I am against drone warfare, but I will never stand with Rand, any more than I would eat shit with Mitt.

— Chris Dashiell (@cdashiell) March 7, 2013

Good Morning Purple People!

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It’s time to wake yourselves up.

There’s no snoozin’ for the Moozin’.

cassandracarolina and I will be hosting the

Thursday thread so scribble a few thoughts and

Make Sure Your Peeps Know Where You Are!

We would like to welcome you if you are new to the

Moose. Feel free to walk around and check out your brand new purpleiscious digs. You can post a comment, continue lurking,

(We see you out there)



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or try your hand at penning a diary,

it couldn’t possibly be any worse than this.

Diary Templates can be a little challenging,



so we’ve listed some helpful hints below.

Before we get started JanFab has  

some instructions that should help.

The Big Stuff:

Comments

Comments do not Auto-Refresh.

Click the Refresh/Reload on

your tab to see new ones.

To check for replies to your comments, click the

“My Comments” link in the right-hand column

(or go to “My Moose”). Comments will be listed

and a link to Recent Replies will be shown.

(Note: Tending comments builds community)

This is a great link to have open in a tab:

Motley Moose Recent Comments

Ratings:

‘Fierce’ means Thumbs Up,

‘Fail’ means Thumbs Down,

‘Meh’ means one of three things:

I am un’Failing’ you but I can’t ‘Fierce’ you,

I am un’Fiercing’ after a mistaken ‘Fierce’

or ‘Meh’. Just ‘Meh’.

Diaries

When creating a new diary, remember to choose the

Draft option while you are working on it.

Choose the Public option when you want to publish.

(located at bottom of template)

If you are an established Moose, you know the drill

so pull up a chair, get yourself comfy and a cuppa

whatever it that gets the motor running.

The Rulz

The most important rule around here is;

Be Kind to Each Other… or else.

Seriously though, if you don’t want it said to you, then don’t say it to someone else. Respect is an important thing. If you feel the need to not be respectful, then step away and take a breather. Political debate can be both spirited and respectful.  

Share some recent news and your opinions here

All The News Fit To Share: Open News New Week

For those of you lurking and being shy, no reason to be nervous. If a perpetual corner dweller like me can publish a diary like this, you can feel safe too. Drop us a comment and start making your own Moose Tracks, there’s no time like the present.

Don’t make us come looking for you.



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