Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"The universe is not only stranger than we imagine; it is stranger than we can imagine." - J.B.S. Haldane

"Equipped with his five sense, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science." - Edwin Hubble

"A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals." - Larry Bird

"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." - Charles Darwin

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

For all the angst about the Celtics losing Gordon Haywood - Las Vegas still has Boston tied for the third-best odds to win the NBA East (tied with Miami but behind Milwaukee and Brooklyn)... Velvet Yoda would be a good name for an Elvis cover band... Back when men were men... Yesterday was the anniversary of Edwin Hubble's discovery in 1924 that the Andromeda "nebula" was actually another galaxy outside of the Milky Way. The ramifications were as big as Galileo saying the Earth was not the center of our solar system... There was an old lady who swallowed a horse. - She's dead, of course... When's the last time you heard anyone bring up George W. Bush? You certainly don't see those "George W - miss me yet?" billboards. It's like his 8-years in office have been washed away with only John Roberts as the Chief Justice as his only "accomplishment"... Just when you thought 2020 couldn't get any stranger - Mysterious monolith found among Utah rocks. The first step to making "contact?" Or just perhaps a rogue art project?...