September 11, 2009
September 10, 2009
100,000 Stars
Omega Centauri
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope snapped this panoramic view of a colorful assortment of 100,000 stars residing in the crowded core of a giant star cluster. This is one of the first images taken by the new Wide Field Camera 3 that was installed aboard Hubble in May 2009 during Servicing Mission 4, which can snap sharp images over a broad range of wavelengths.
Image Credit: NASA
And, as always, available as lovely wallpaper in several sizes.
Oh Yeah, I'll Tell You Something
I think you'll understand, when I say that something...
You Are I Want to Hold Your Hand |
 You are sweet, expressive, and the truest romantic around. Love inspires you, and you're the type of person who always has a muse. You are good at expressing yourself. You are quite a verbal charmer. You could woo anyone into falling in love with you. You wouldn't fall for just anyone though. |
September 9, 2009
malapropism
malapropism \mal-uh-PROP-iz-uhm\ , noun:
1. An act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, esp. by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
2. An example of such misuse.
Sorry, I couldn't help it.
It was either President Bush or:
Oh Nine!
Know what day it is today? It's the ninth of September -the ninth month- of '09, a rare occurrence, but even more rare will be nine minutes and nine seconds after nine a.m. this morning:
09:09.09 09/09/09
It even works on the European method of the date, reversing the month and day from how the United States does it.
You can read Why 09/09/09 Is So Special or what Wiki says about all the things that have happened on the regular years of each September 9 .
Here's some more information about the date:
* 09-09-09 is also the last of the single-digits dates for quite a while - 92 years to be precise.
* It is also the upside-down number of "the beast" - satan = 666, of course.
* The day itself falls on a Wednesday and both Wednesday & September have 9 letters.
I bet a lot of folks will play zero and nine on their lotteries, which will mean it would be strange if the numbers came up together...and will also mean a lower payout because so many people played those numbers. I dunno about the "666" deal, never was sure about that, but it's probably true that the devil is having an easy time in this evil world, probably can do it standing on his head, maybe that's why "999" is "666" upside down.
Anyway....
Weird, huh?
