Mars or bust

Maybe you've heard of this, the story has been published in most media outlets, has made the blog circuit, and has surprised a lot of people in the process. The Mars One project was announced some time ago - the project hopes to send four people to Mars in 2022 to begin colonization of the planet. The catch? You can never return. You must say goodbye to this world and everyone in it. So how many applicants have they received? Well, the count has now surpassed 100,000.

Clearlake

I used to listen to this band Clearlake quite a lot back in the day. Then I moved, packed up my cd's, lost all the music on my hard drive - you know, history became legend, legend became myth and for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge until...no wait, that's something else.

So anyway, Clearlake, good band. Figured I mention 'em. Here are some songs:

The Myth of Sisyphus

“It happens that the stage sets collapse. Rising, streetcar, four hours in the office or the factory, meal, streetcar, four hours of work, meal, sleep, and Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday according to the same rhythm – this path is easily followed most of the time. But one day the “why” arises and everything begins in that weariness tinged with amazement.”

Enhance.....enhance: a homage to enhance

Enhance....

Enhance....

Enhance...

Dolphins and such

I saw a youtube clip recently where a wild dolphin - struggling to move because of a hook and a bit of net on its pectoral fin - presented itself to some divers and made it quite clear that it wanted help getting free. It is a pretty neat video; I'm gonna embed it after the cut, along with some further musings.