Daily Archive: January 5, 2010

Jan 05 2010

Wherein I beg (or: Help Jodi and Jason Afford Their Honeymoon!)

With the wedding exactly one month away to the day, and funds rapidly dwindling, I’m not above begging. We’re not in any kind of danger at the moment, but holy hell, the expenses sure did pile up fast — with the outfits and rings bought, and the party favors made, the big stuff is done …

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Jan 05 2010

pros·e·ly·tize

According to Merriam-Webster: Pronunciation: ˈprä-s(ə-)lə-ˌtīz intransitive verb 1 : to induce someone to convert to one’s faith 2 : to recruit someone to join one’s party, institution, or cause Somehow Brit Hume doesn’t recognize that he did exactly this on national television, and that he does it again immediately after denying that he did so …

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Jan 05 2010

Quark stars may act like hypothesized pre-Big-Bang state

According to New Scientist, a class of exotic stars break down matter to its constituent components, reproducing something approximating the state physicists have hypothesized the matter in the universe as being, very shortly after the initial spark of the Big Bang. A new class of star may recreate the conditions of the big bang in …

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