Random Acts of Verbiage

When I found a used copy of Shusaku Endo’s Silence at Powells I thought it would be a great time to read this work of fiction from one of Japan’s “foremost novelists” (someone had talked about it up at Regent once and I have wanted to read it since). In brief: read it. [...]

I barely made it, but here is the 25th edition of my Space Saturday: The Antennae Galaxies!
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration (Source)
The Antennae Galaxies (also known as NGC 4038 and NGC 4039) are two galaxies in the process of colliding (and have been doing so for some 200 or 300 [...]

Readers of my blog know that I really don’t complain too much. Even when I had my ipod, wallet, dvds, shoes, underwear, and other assorted items stolen or when I shamelessly asked for money I tried not to be too pessimistic or annoying. That being said, let me complain for a moment: I [...]

I’m not joking. Tonight (October 24th). Troubadour. 7:00pm. $12. The Lonely Forest. Rock. Be blown away. You can thank me later.
Visit my Lonely Forest page or my Lonely Forest YouTube video clip page.

On Saturday night I went, once again, up to the Viking Union at Western Washington University. This time it was to catch The Pale Pacific. Like all bands that I dig, their show was amazing!

Gabe, Justin, Cam, and Greg always know how to entertain, make us laugh, and put on a [...]

This version of Space Saturday brings the beauty of nebula N44C.
Credit: Donald Garnett (U. Arizona) et al., Hubble Heritage Team, NASA (Source) - Full Size
This is a region of glowing hydrogen gas in the Small Magellanic Cloud in the southern hemisphere.
N44C is peculiar because the star mainly responsible for illuminating the nebula is unusually [...]