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. It is [...]

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 [...]

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 still don’t [...]

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 kick-ass rock show! [...]

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 [...]