Bourbon & Black Holes

I spent the better part of my night watching shows on black holes and on super black holes on the science channel. Yeah, that's how cool kids spend their free nights. What have I learned? Well, to be honest, nothing new. Its all the same stuff about how you can see a black hole and how Einstein's theory of relativity isn't actually perfect and how the laws that govern the movement of massive bodies do not combine well with quantum mechanics mathematically and no one really has a great answer as to why. However, the shows were still fun to watch. I especially loved the visualizations of space and Niagra Falls. Oh and I learned that the Keck telescope is the largest in the world. I guess that counts as something new. The shots of the sky passing over the Keck telescope and its rotations to compensate are super awesome. I've just passed into the bourbon phase of the night.  Bourbon does make everything better, especially physics.

VCU vs UR

So far this game has me glued to the screen. That split second where Richmond was in the lead really had me upset there for a hot minute. Luckily the VCU boys fixed things...

Shout Out

I don't really have a lot of interaction on my blog. Instead, I have friends mention posts to me in person. That's pretty cool and all, but I always wonder if anyone out there is really seeing all of this. In comes Google Analytics. Its oddly addicting. The best part is that apparently I have readers in Russia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Poland, Brazil, India, and Indonesia, in addition to the expected readers in the US and Mauritius. Most popular recent post? The one on Mauritius, of course! So consider this a shout out to all of the awesome random people who check out my blog periodically. You made my day!

Worst Captcha EVER

brought to me by someecards. thanks guys.

New Etsy Banner

So as some of you may know, I have recently opened a little shop on Etsy. Today I made my first banner! I'm determined to get this shop rolling...slowly but surely. First, though, I need to figure out how to get word out about it in the first place..

Photos from Mauritius

A few of my favorite people-free photos from my recent trip to Mauritius.

Mauritius 1

So far the trip has been awesome. Tons of family, talking, good times. Today we went to Pereybere beach, on the northwest of the island. We woke up late, so by the time we headed out there it was pretty cool. The water had a chill to it when you first got it, but after a few minutes it was just right. I wish I had a pair of goggles so I could swim laps. The beach has changed a bit since the last time I was here. The main difference is that now there's an enclosed area for swimming. Last time there was no netted boundary, so my sister and I swam out to the coral reef with my cousin, scaring my dad pretty badly.

I got some awesome pics of Vikram in the water, silhouetted against the setting sun. I'll post pictures soon. Hopefully he'll guest blog a bit, & raise my reader numbers :)