Ty is sooooo cute! Listen to this:
"Currently, we are living in Philadelphia, PA with Dancer, Linda, and Bunches, our dog, cat and rabbit." How adorable! They really love that rabbit!
"I'm planning on taking a few classes this spring in preperation for heading back into the acedemic world, and I'm still working out the details of my next employment." Who are you trying to fool? I heard Anna got Ty a new apron and vacuum cleaner for his birthday. Ty's so wonderful, don't you just want to marry him? I can just hear him now: "Don't worry Dr. Lundeen, we don't need money, all we need is love (and bunches). I'm going paddling again, can I have $100."
Speaking of marraige - "And now for our big news! No, we're not getting married (we know that's what you all were thinking!). We're training for a triathlon!!" Seriously Ty, you're screwed. So screwed it's adorably cute! That caught me totally by surprise. I thought maybe you found that kidney donor you've been waiting for.
Saturday, April 23, 2005
Friday, April 15, 2005
Slope Day
I was just reading the Daily Sun online, and did you know that they've got Snoop Dogg coming to Slope Day this year?! What the hell? Can you imagine the kind of unbridled chaos that is going to create? I would love to see it. Ahhhh, chaos.
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Dad said that Harvey said I need to Blog, so here I go...
#1. This is a picture I took Half way up Mt. Warner three weeks ago. It reminds me that god loves us.
#2. I verbally accepted a job yesterday afternoon. I'll be working on specification development for the Energy Star program. This means I get to figure out how things work, and how they can work more efficiently, and then set guidelines for the requirements they need to meet to get the energy star rating. Then saavy consumers who care about the fate of our world and our dependence on foreign oil, will look for an energy star rated vacuum cleaner when their old one eats the cat.
#3. I think we all suck and we should write more on this blog. What's everyone upto?
#4. I will be soon be contacting you all about our new 130 Linden Website. The plan is this - I register 130linden.org and setup a simple website. You then each send me $10 and you get a POP3 email address of your choosing (spacemonkey@130linden.org for example) and your own subdomain for your own webpage (www.spacemonkey.130linden.org for example). If I'm really clever I will find a way to integrate our blog into the website, but I don't know how to do that. All those in favor say Aye, all those opposed say Nay.
Monday, April 11, 2005
Lovely Denver
Got to love the weather here in Denver. It's been so nice all week I've been walking around in shorts. Now I've got 15 inches of snow in my front yard. Go figure.
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Tsunamis and the Pope
Okay,
I'm a dork. I know that. But so is Ty. And Jim.... definitely Chris. Dan and Ryan might have hope, (i think they are both savants, which is different) but i don't even have to argue that Tim and AJ are dorks.
My point is this. I was watching Nova.... the Tsunami in Southeast Asia shortened the day. Albeit only by a mere 3 millionths of a second. But that is awesome. AWESOME!!!! Ty? Awesome right? the huge plate that subducted under the other brought the mass of the earth closer to its center. Holy shit.
In About 28 Billion Years the Pope might have to make another one of those declarations that we're off by a couple weeks. "Today is not April 5th, It is March 26th" And just like that Ty will have to suffer through UNC's road to the championship again.
I'm a dork. I know that. But so is Ty. And Jim.... definitely Chris. Dan and Ryan might have hope, (i think they are both savants, which is different) but i don't even have to argue that Tim and AJ are dorks.
My point is this. I was watching Nova.... the Tsunami in Southeast Asia shortened the day. Albeit only by a mere 3 millionths of a second. But that is awesome. AWESOME!!!! Ty? Awesome right? the huge plate that subducted under the other brought the mass of the earth closer to its center. Holy shit.
In About 28 Billion Years the Pope might have to make another one of those declarations that we're off by a couple weeks. "Today is not April 5th, It is March 26th" And just like that Ty will have to suffer through UNC's road to the championship again.
Saturday, April 02, 2005
Friday, April 01, 2005
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
So get this: It turns out that there are solar systems moving away from ours faster than the speed of light."How can this be?!" you might ask. "According to Einstein's (whom I have heard was fairly smart) 'relativity' NOTHING can move faster than the speed of light!" It turns out either you are right, or scientists are idiots.
Here's the deal: It turns out that there is a misconception about the expansion of the universe and things aren't actually moving away from us. Instead of other solar systems moving away from us (and getting bigger themselves), what's actually happening is the actual space between us and the other galaxies is what's expanding.Since this isn't "conventional" motion, so nothing's actually moving, galaxies can move away from us faster than the speed of light and not break relativity. The analogy used is of two ants standing on the surface of a balloon. As you inflate the balloon the ants get farther apart, but aren't actually "moving", and don't get bigger themselves.
Here's where it gets weird. The big bang is often thought of as a small infinitely dense piece of matter in a whole lot of empty space. It then blows up and expands through the space. This isn't true, what actually happened is all of space was incorporated in this tiny piece of matter, and then the distance between the objects increases as the space itself expands. Getting back to the ant/balloon analogy: As the balloon gets bigger, the ants world (the surface of the baloon) gets bigger even though they cannot conceive of there being any space for their world to expand into. This is because they live in two dimensions and the baloon is expanding in three dimensions. Our situation can be thought of in the same way except we live in three dimensions and our universe is expanding in four dimensions (thanks to the convenient curvature of space time). This is why our universe's expansion happens with no edge, no center and no space to expand into, just like the ants 2d world of the balloon.
Awesome!
The only complication is that Einstein said the universe can expand without the presence of a fourth dimension...doh! Although he did believe in the curvature of space time...You can't have your cake and eat it too Einstein!
Here's the deal: It turns out that there is a misconception about the expansion of the universe and things aren't actually moving away from us. Instead of other solar systems moving away from us (and getting bigger themselves), what's actually happening is the actual space between us and the other galaxies is what's expanding.Since this isn't "conventional" motion, so nothing's actually moving, galaxies can move away from us faster than the speed of light and not break relativity. The analogy used is of two ants standing on the surface of a balloon. As you inflate the balloon the ants get farther apart, but aren't actually "moving", and don't get bigger themselves.
Here's where it gets weird. The big bang is often thought of as a small infinitely dense piece of matter in a whole lot of empty space. It then blows up and expands through the space. This isn't true, what actually happened is all of space was incorporated in this tiny piece of matter, and then the distance between the objects increases as the space itself expands. Getting back to the ant/balloon analogy: As the balloon gets bigger, the ants world (the surface of the baloon) gets bigger even though they cannot conceive of there being any space for their world to expand into. This is because they live in two dimensions and the baloon is expanding in three dimensions. Our situation can be thought of in the same way except we live in three dimensions and our universe is expanding in four dimensions (thanks to the convenient curvature of space time). This is why our universe's expansion happens with no edge, no center and no space to expand into, just like the ants 2d world of the balloon.
Awesome!
The only complication is that Einstein said the universe can expand without the presence of a fourth dimension...doh! Although he did believe in the curvature of space time...You can't have your cake and eat it too Einstein!
Friday, February 18, 2005
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Well, that's about it for us.
It's like they haven't seen ANY movie about robots in the future that's been made. We're all doomed.
Sunday, February 13, 2005
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
A pretty doctor gave me AJ's look when he is asked if there is hope for mankind
She has a wedding ring and is probably 36, but I thought I’d have her once my shirt was off.
Instead she gave me the pity smile and said, “You have shingles and there is nothing you can do but avoid stress. In fact, the 25 dollar deductible you must pay for the few seconds I looked at you would have been better spend on booze.”
1 week down. 1 or 2 to go.
It itches. my lucifer how it fucking itches.
Instead she gave me the pity smile and said, “You have shingles and there is nothing you can do but avoid stress. In fact, the 25 dollar deductible you must pay for the few seconds I looked at you would have been better spend on booze.”
1 week down. 1 or 2 to go.
It itches. my lucifer how it fucking itches.
Thursday, February 03, 2005
Monday, January 31, 2005
secret passwords
I've decided that it happens in enough movies that everyone should have at least one of these, a secret password, that is. Like, if you're kidnapped and the kidnapper tells you to call your parents or your wife or whatever, and tell them that everything is ok, but you want to tell them to get the police and try to come find you. Everyone should have a predesignated password for situations like these. I was thinking that we could use "130", but that's not the easiest number to work into conversation.
E.g. Matt:[shaky voice] Everything's fine Brit, its just these one hundred and thirty bees chasing me that are making all that noise in the background." Now you may have thought that would work, but what if my wife sent beekeepers instead of police? I have no doubt that beekeepers would have a difficult time overcoming my kidnappers. That is, unless they knew how to control the bees! wow! that's a scary idea.
upon futher consideration, i have decided that the time of day 1:30, would be much easier to work into a conversation.
upon even further consideration, i have decided that we need a password for when we actually want to use 130 as a regular word or time, and not the password for being in trouble. In fact maybe we should pick a different password alltogether because we use that number so much in normal conversation with one another.
Just imagine the difficulty we would have meeting one another for lunch at 1:30.
Let me ease your fears that i'm posting this from a place where I've been kidnapped. the use of 130 hasn't begun yet as my "trouble" password.
It begiinns,
NOW.
E.g. Matt:[shaky voice] Everything's fine Brit, its just these one hundred and thirty bees chasing me that are making all that noise in the background." Now you may have thought that would work, but what if my wife sent beekeepers instead of police? I have no doubt that beekeepers would have a difficult time overcoming my kidnappers. That is, unless they knew how to control the bees! wow! that's a scary idea.
upon futher consideration, i have decided that the time of day 1:30, would be much easier to work into a conversation.
upon even further consideration, i have decided that we need a password for when we actually want to use 130 as a regular word or time, and not the password for being in trouble. In fact maybe we should pick a different password alltogether because we use that number so much in normal conversation with one another.
Just imagine the difficulty we would have meeting one another for lunch at 1:30.
Let me ease your fears that i'm posting this from a place where I've been kidnapped. the use of 130 hasn't begun yet as my "trouble" password.
It begiinns,
NOW.
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
free at last
So I finally did it. I told my boss that my last day would be on February 18. So I'm finally through with this ridiculous job and boss. I'll keep you posted as to my future plans.
ty
ty
Friday, January 07, 2005
beer money in escrow
Hey fellas,
I hope everyone had a good new years, mine was very colorful and auditorily stimulating. Anyway, I just wanted to make a suggestion about our blog here. If you will shift your attention to page 20 of Discover Magazine January 2005 edition (I know Matt has one, because I meant to give him mine, and unintentionally gave him back his own copy, which I didn't know existed, yeah .... long story). I suggest we use Google's Adsense, and divert all the funds from advertising (which I expect to be about 57 cents) into an escrow account maintained by the our legal counsel King & Robenalt, PA, for the sole purpose of funding liver destruction at our annual gatherings. All in favor say "I".
I hope everyone had a good new years, mine was very colorful and auditorily stimulating. Anyway, I just wanted to make a suggestion about our blog here. If you will shift your attention to page 20 of Discover Magazine January 2005 edition (I know Matt has one, because I meant to give him mine, and unintentionally gave him back his own copy, which I didn't know existed, yeah .... long story). I suggest we use Google's Adsense, and divert all the funds from advertising (which I expect to be about 57 cents) into an escrow account maintained by the our legal counsel King & Robenalt, PA, for the sole purpose of funding liver destruction at our annual gatherings. All in favor say "I".
Friday, December 24, 2004
Friday, December 17, 2004
Off the hook
Good one Tim.
I dig your clock.
As of 12:03 today I am done with my first semester as a full time teacher. Damn that was hard.
I'd appologize for corresponding poorly if it were not such a cliche. Very physched for New Years. Good invite, not the best, but good.
I'm having difficulty with posting a picture. I'll get back to that.
In the mean time here is one of my new favorite poems:
Bar Dance in BoiseSaturday night,
the restaurant packed—
a stormy-eyed woman leaps onto the mahogany bar,
kicks over bowls of hardboiled quail eggs and rock salt,
commandeers a knife just used
to make a lemon twist for a blues martini,
slits the front of her dress down to her navel,
grabs her left breast, threatens to slice her
nipple off while screaming
life is hell—
The bartender and busboy wrestle
her off the bar as she tries to hack
at her nipple. Within moments after she's carried
out of the restaurant, diners return
to their slices of roasted pork loin, leg of lamb,
rosemary chicken. We don't quite look
at each other for a while.
Each witness and this woman are now part of some
strange tribe. Years down the line, she will
come to mind when life becomes hell for us.
Some will think about the woman,
know that life continues
to be degrading for her as it's been for them—
stop themselves from slipping
into the place she'd gone to.
Some will lie back and imagine her
in the arms of a lover in a houseboat floating
on Lake Dal in Shirinigar asking to have her breast kissed.
Some will remember her
as the woman who strutted the bar top,
breast in hand, mad
in that way that makes us human.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Deborah Byrne lives in Boston with her cat Emily D.
-Ryan's latest:
In this world my friends
only a slight breeze pulls through the garments of my mind
as years pass the shores of my emotions are molded.
resignation, cynicism, fear, undulate with scattered sunlight.
In this world I reject
leaden rocks tear at the streams of memories
as they roll by, the stone points round but won’t join their water.
grayed peace warms my belly as fire water
In this world I am so very tired.
I dig your clock.
As of 12:03 today I am done with my first semester as a full time teacher. Damn that was hard.
I'd appologize for corresponding poorly if it were not such a cliche. Very physched for New Years. Good invite, not the best, but good.
I'm having difficulty with posting a picture. I'll get back to that.
In the mean time here is one of my new favorite poems:
Bar Dance in BoiseSaturday night,
the restaurant packed—
a stormy-eyed woman leaps onto the mahogany bar,
kicks over bowls of hardboiled quail eggs and rock salt,
commandeers a knife just used
to make a lemon twist for a blues martini,
slits the front of her dress down to her navel,
grabs her left breast, threatens to slice her
nipple off while screaming
life is hell—
The bartender and busboy wrestle
her off the bar as she tries to hack
at her nipple. Within moments after she's carried
out of the restaurant, diners return
to their slices of roasted pork loin, leg of lamb,
rosemary chicken. We don't quite look
at each other for a while.
Each witness and this woman are now part of some
strange tribe. Years down the line, she will
come to mind when life becomes hell for us.
Some will think about the woman,
know that life continues
to be degrading for her as it's been for them—
stop themselves from slipping
into the place she'd gone to.
Some will lie back and imagine her
in the arms of a lover in a houseboat floating
on Lake Dal in Shirinigar asking to have her breast kissed.
Some will remember her
as the woman who strutted the bar top,
breast in hand, mad
in that way that makes us human.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Deborah Byrne lives in Boston with her cat Emily D.
-Ryan's latest:
In this world my friends
only a slight breeze pulls through the garments of my mind
as years pass the shores of my emotions are molded.
resignation, cynicism, fear, undulate with scattered sunlight.
In this world I reject
leaden rocks tear at the streams of memories
as they roll by, the stone points round but won’t join their water.
grayed peace warms my belly as fire water
In this world I am so very tired.
Monday, December 13, 2004
My Designs
If anybody is interested in seeing things I'm creating, I'll be posting them on my personal blog every so often. timroth.blogspot.com I just posted three projects I completed at various points over the last few months.
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