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If You Could Hie to Kolob! Ancient Mormon hymn, about the planet of the “Gods.” More on the Planet Kolob here.
If you could hie to Kolob in the twinkling of an eye,
And then continue onward with the speed of light to fly**,
D’ye think that you could ever, through all eternity,
Find out the generation where Gods began to be?
As a child, and clear up through high school, I wanted to be an astronaut. Not just as a childish “I wanna be” fantasy; I seriously wanted to be one. By kindergarten level I had all nine planets memorized, and all through Grade School I nagged my mom to send me to Space Camp. The dream was practically within my reach in 1994, when I was admitted into BA Astronomy at USC; but my parents thought me too young to study abroad, so I went on to Ateneo.
This article, “How to Become an Astronaut,” comes to me almost a decade too late. Kids, read it. Learn it. Take advantage of the opportunity that *sniff, sniff* I missed.
Hmph. One day they’ll need graphic designers at Mars Base. Just wait. You’ll see.
From VodkaPundit, Claire Berlinski’s Modest Proposal to Saddam. It makes me want to hold my right pinky finger to my lip and make Dr. Evil noises.
Televangelist Bingo. Oh man, those head images of Pat Robertson (oops Robert Tilton thanks Tim) and Benny Hinn are absolutely precious. (Link via blogs4God.)
Remember the NIPR.mil referrals that popped up in my (and other people’s) referrals? I got a tip from okcalvin pointing to the “Unclassified but Sensitive Internet Protocol Network.” Hooray, USA.
Looks like the Abu Sayaff are at it again. This time they’ve kidnapped eight Jehovah’s Witnesses preachers and beheaded two.
Starbucks is going wireless. Check this FAQ for details and locations on their upcoming Wi-Fi service. Too bad; DC and MD aren’t on the list yet.
Speaking of Tessie Aquino-Oreta, check out this Inq7 Letter. Well, that was succinct:
“I DO hope the President will think twice before selecting Senator Oreta for secretary of Education. She doesn’t deserve that post. She should be in the toilet.”
Brunching reviews Marvel Comics supervillains. “I stopped reading X-Men about the same time they started putting Wolverine on the cover of comics in which he didn’t actually, technically, appear.” Heh.
Via Spaceweather, take a look at these amazing photos and videos of the asteroid that flew by us a couple of days ago, so close that it hit 9th magnitude and was visible through binoculars and telescopes as a swiftly moving point of light.