Ah, Saturday. Most of you are resting, but I will be working. I’m not very used to the whole employment thing (it’s been five months since my last freelance job, and almost twelve since my last full-time job), so I hope you will continue to bear with me during this transitional phase. For example: yesterday’s top ten was a total cop out. I worked a seven hour shift and then met a friend for a drink and a hamburger on the west side, and by the time I got home I was practically unconscious. Today I am working another long shift, and then I should be meeting up with friends for dinner and drinks (wanna join us? e-mail me!). All of these things, unfortunately, do not leave a lot of time for blogging.
Now, the news:
• “With powerful instruments scouring the heavens, astronomers have found more than 240 planets in the past two decades, non likely to support Earth-like life.” Still, this doesn’t stop theorists from wondering whether or not undiscovered alien civilizations have the capacity to find Earth with their own instruments, and if so, does our planet stand out as one that supports life? [story]
• Maybe our world isn’t going to perish thanks to global warming, unforeseen alien attack, or by a giant meteor crashing into us. Maybe we’ll just…run out of time. Sounds like a load of bullshit to me, but certain scientists seem to think that in a few billion years, time itself could cease to exist. I am not nearly smart enough to understand how something like that could happen, but the scientists blame “dark energy,” which is a mysterious antigravitational force that is suggested (they don’t even really know what “dark energy” is) to explain cosmic phenomena. Science…when will I ever understand it? [story]
• And, speaking of doomsday scenarios, an asteroid that was recently discovered by astronomers has a 1 in 75 chance of slamming into Mars next month. Based on the size of the space rock (Space rock!? You mean like Hawkwind?), it is anticipated that the asteroid will have a similar impact to that of “an object that hit remote central Siberia in 1908, unleashing energy equivalent to a 15-megaton nuclear bomb.” At least if it hits scientists might be able to save us from a similar fate at some point in the future…I think. I hope. I’m too young and too pretty and too happy to die now. [story]
• Hey, check out this car. It supposedly gets about 300 miles-per-gallon, but it looks like something out of The Fifth Element and I don’t know if I care enough about the environment enough to be caught dead driving something that looks so hideous. [story]
Okay, it is time for me to put some pants on and go to work!
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