blog'n at san onofre: 02/08/04

Saturday, February 14, 2004

M&Ms pack more tightly than spheres!

The team proposes that the asymmetric ellipsoids can tip and rotate in ways that spheres can't, so an ellipsoid nestles close to more neighbors than a sphere does. Indeed, the team finds that as many as 11 neighbors touch an ellipsoid, whereas each tight-packed sphere typically has only 6 adjacent neighbors.

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Friday, February 13, 2004

Known scientifically as "Tridecaphobia," fear of the number 13 is probably the most common of all superstitions. Buildings avoid numbering the 13th floor. Airplanes avoid the 13th aisle. And almost every North American knows that Friday the 13th is considered a bad luck day.

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Thursday, February 12, 2004

Before we finally lay this drama to rest, I think there's one more source that needs to be heard from regarding Janet Jackson's Super Bowl halftime flash-dance.

And that's Janet's breast itself

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004

George Freeth
The Witt Family Archive

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Tuesday, February 10, 2004

It was Fourty years ago today,
Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play,
They've been going in and out of style
But they've guaranteed to raise a smile.
So may I introduce to you
The act you've known for all these years
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

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Monday, February 09, 2004

President Bush: (chuckling) "Well, I appreciate his optimism. I have no idea whether we will capture or bring him to justice, may be the best way to put it. I know we are on the hunt."

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Sunday, February 08, 2004

"The Vine of Souls"

Ayahuasca sessions take place at night, in the middle of the jungle, to the sound of Shamanistic chanting of traditional songs called Ikaros.

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