Saturday, February 25, 2006

SHADOW OF THE FAT MAN Annie Beagle and I went walkies this afternoon. It was a scouting expedition of sorts. Just off the little highway that crosses Lake Keystone dam, connecting Hwy. 51 and Hwy. 412, is a road that winds down the hill to OLD Hwy 51, where it terminates at the foot of Keystone dam. There's a small, unpaved parking lot on the right as you make the turn off. The parking lot abuts a very scenic sewage pond (not pictured); however it is the trailhead for hikers and fat tire bikers. I could make some snotty remark about Dick Cheney's Oklahoma cousins, but I can't think of anything clever, all the good jokes about Republicans with guns have been used up. Looks like a good size slug, maybe .45 caliber. Annie Beagle and I had come here to investigate the maze of trails behind this sign. What I was looking for was easier access to the railroad which runs between Hwy. 51 and the Arkansas River, cutting through the low hills, the cuestas that slope down to the river.  The interest for me is in the roadcuts: fossiliferous roadcuts which are not landscaped—covered with tons of dirt and turf so that the eyes of passing motorist will not be offended by the sight of naked rock. On the railway, only railroad workers, perhaps a hobo or two, and the determined fossil fossicker see the scenery along the way. I hiked up to the railroad from old Hwy. 51, close to the river, last March: LAST MARCH It was a bit of scramble, and I don't like leaving my car parked by the side of the road on the old highway, some of the suburban hillbilly peckerwoods from West Hooterville, like the ones who blasted the sign with buckshot, might use it for target practice or otherwise vandalize it. I figure that if my old "Mina" is parked in a lot with other cars, they'll go for the bikers' SUVs first. I did find my way to the railroad, and the access is easier from the trailhead. The gate to the parking lot is closed at dusk, so Annie Beagle and I had to make our way back when our shadows began to get long. I'll be back for a more extended expedition; the railroad cuts are reputed to contain trilobite fossils, tho' I didn't find any last time. I found this: I didn't need a shotgun to bag it, either. 11:54:15 PM    comment []

SCENIC TULSA (COUNTY): SIGN OF THE TIMES SNAPPED WHILE TRAVELLING EASTBOUND ON HWY 412 COMING UP ON THE GILCREASE MUSEUM EXIT 11:25:53 PM    comment []

Planet's Population to Hit 6.5 Billion Saturday By Leonard David LiveScience Senior Writer posted: 24 February 2006 12:38 pm ET A population milestone is about to be set on this jam-packed planet.   On Saturday, Feb. 25, at 7:16 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, the population here on this good Earth is projected to hit 6.5 billion people. Along with this forecast, an analysis by the International Programs Center at the U.S. Census Bureau points to another factoid, Robert Bernstein of the Bureau's Public Information Center advised LiveScience. Mark this on your calendar: Some six years from now, on Oct. 18, 2012 at 4:36 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the Earth will be home to 7 billion folks. <snip> On average, 4.4 people are born every second. <snip> Remarkably, despite the many new developments over the past 50 years, one fact looks very much the same: Populations are growing most rapidly where such growth can be afforded the least—an observation that has changed little over time. Via LiveScience.com. Read entire article HERE. 9:17:33 AM    comment []

THE UBER-GEEK YO-MAMAS Yo mama's resting energy is her mass times the speed of ugly squared. Yo mama so fat, her blue mumu looks like a red shift. Yo mama's like an mp3—she's free, and everyone just passes her around. Yo mama so fat, neutrinos stop and go around her! Yo mama so fat, Stephen Hawking found three extra dimensions in her panties! Yo mama so fat, she sat down at the Periodic Table—and Uranium got pissed off and left! Yo mama made of Ugly quarks. Yo mama so fat, when she go to the beach, Greenpeace tries to tow her back out to sea! Yo mama's so fat, she's afraid that if she runs into Auntie Matter, they'll gravitationally collapse and create a black hole! Yo mama so dumb, she thinks the Lorenz-Fitzgerald contraction is what happened right before she had twins. Yo mama's so fat they have to draw her world-line with a paint roller. Yo mama's so fat we can't even ASSUME she's a point mass. Yo mama's ass is a quantum phenomenon—more wave than particle. Yo mama is so fat, she don't have skin; she has an event horizon. Yo mama so dumb, her IQ is an imaginary number. Yo mama's so fat, her DNA is a TRIPLE helix. Yo mama so dumb, she STILL thinks voting for Bush the second time was a good idea.     Note: Dick started it. 1:07:26 AM    comment []