Forgot to post this last week, so in case you missed the headlines a meteorite smashed through the family practice office of Dr. Frank Ciampi’s in Lorton, Virginia.  The palm-sized visitor was taken to the Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History (hey, I was just there a few weeks ago!), where Carri Corrigan confirmed that the [...]

If all goes well in four months, my wife and I will be having our first child – a baby boy! Yes, I’m already shopping for Playskool Dobsonian reflectors. Although she’s a physician, I had to let her in on how the entire childbirth procedure will really go down: Ted Brogan

In the grand tradition of Sealab 2021, here is an awesome mashup of one of Bill Shatner’s cover of Common People (featuring Joe Jackson, produced by Ben Folds) and the often-forgotten Star Trek animated series.  You’ll never look at Kirk and Spock the same way again without checking your phaser.

I received a package in the mail today and being Sunday, I knew something was up.  Sure enough, the envelope had strange writing on it, and the postmark was dated November, 2017.  2017…  hmm, I knew that date sounded familiar.  I went to my bookshelf where all my DVDs are lined up, and there it [...]

I missed this bit of science news when it was released: Top scientists (from Zissou Labs?) created a powerful new microscope, and released never-before-seen images of chemical reactions.  We’re finally able to resolve individual atoms and molecules into their constituent hairy-faced quarks.

Explaining the Universe one crazy particle at at time. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The 11/3 Project www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis and Real Science! A recent interview with Al Gore on his new book: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – [...]

Hello!  Sorry so “silent” lately – the normal school workload, plus some extra reading for the summer coming up, plus trying to get the UC Observatory up and running makes Davin something something.  Well, I guess that would be “deblogged.”  When things get to the point where I only have 3 budgeted mouse clicks per [...]

It cannot be denied.  We are where the beef is.

Okay everyone, it’s Caption Contest Time! Via Nancy Atkinson writing for Universe Today, we have the first spectacular space story of 2009.  No, it’s not the discovery of an earth like exoplanet, or the discovery of extraterrestrial life, or even the discovery of Carrot Top’s home star system.  Millions of years of evolution has led [...]

“Chestnuts roasting on an open lightsaber…” Hammilrific! Chewbaccatastic! The Star Wars Holiday Special, originally airing just before Thanksgiving in 1978 to a public craving a way to merge Star Wars with Art Carney and Bea Arthur, is the gift from George Lucas that just keeps on giving. With each passing year, it ages like a [...]