Monthly Archives: August 2013

Clash of the pre-titans

In space taxonomy news, controversy has erupted among astronomers who can't tell a cosmic caterpillar from a tadpole in an interstellar pond. When first discovered in 2003, the object was originally named the Immensely Ravenous Astronomical Squiggle (IRAS) 20324. Further observations in 2006 … Continue reading →

What’s this?

Yesterday I turned 52, which means I have an entire deck of cards worth of birthdays. I guess that makes the coming year my Joker year. I feel a strong urge to grow a mustache and paint over it with white makeup. (Kids, Heath Ledger was not the first Joker -- ask your … Continue reading →

Useful Facts: Maybe

  Maybe (chemical symbol: M, or possibly My) is a powerful and versatile element used in the production of theories. Maybe is one of the elements known to the Greeks of antiquity.  Early Greek philosophers believed that the sun was Maybe a flaming chariot. The first deposits of Maybe … Continue reading →

M&Ms (Mars & Maybes)

In theory news, a Florida biochemist claimed humans are from Mars after discovering a huge concentration of Maybe in a rock. Dr. Steven Benner was on a "conference" boondoggle in Italy when he announced that Maybe life on Earth originated on Mars. The audience of geophysicists were visibly … Continue reading →

What doesn’t go up

  In failure news, the launch of a new Japanese rocket didn't happen. The Epsilon rocket was set to make its maiden voyage this afternoon, but never got around to it. Officials from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), being officials, provided an official explanation. … Continue reading →