Sir Ian in Australia; Thomas Jefferson On Progress

“I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.”

Skywalking!

Sunday afternoon, at Murrin Lake Park, along with a like-minded bunch of Scathach knights and squires, I took my vertigo for a walk over the edge of a cliff.

Definitely wanna do that again!

June Is Bustin' Out All Over...

Obama Declares June LGBT Month

An important chapter in our great, unfinished story is the movement for fairness and equality on behalf of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community.

I can see it now...heads are gonna 'splode and teabags are gonna spill their shreddies all over the bible belt.  Maybe we can get BP to clean that mess up, too, once they've figured out how to take care of what they did to the Gulf.

Barry, I love you!

Computer Dead

Out of touch until further notice.  No, I have no fucking idea when that will be.

UPDATE:  She's baaaaaaack!  Monday, 03 May 2010, 11:15pm.

Didn't take as long as I feared it would. and took much too long in the bargain.

So.  Who's winning?

Roeder Complains of Treatment

WICHITA — The convicted killer of a Kansas abortion provider has filed a petition complaining of his treatment in prison and seeking his release.

All together now...aaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwww...!!!

Fucking crybaby.  Check the comments along the way.  He's not getting the sympathy he thinks is his due...

Thanks to JJ and deBeauxOs for the links.

Earth Day

Off to do some Worldly Good!

Fun with Numbers: Kaprekar's Operation

It is a simple operation, but Kaprekar discovered it led to a surprising result. Let's try it out, starting with the number 2005, the digits of last year. The maximum number we can make with these digits is 5200, and the minimum is 0025 or 25 (if one or more of the digits is zero, embed these in the left hand side of the minimum number). The subtractions are:

5200 - 0025 = 5175
7551 - 1557 = 5994
9954 - 4599 = 5355
5553 - 3555 = 1998
9981 - 1899 = 8082
8820 - 0288 = 8532
8532 - 2358 = 6174
7641 - 1467 = 6174

Let's try again starting with a different number, say 1789.


I found this to be a fascinating article, mostly because numbers are a foreign language to me, but there is a music...a rhythm to them that I find compelling.  Like other folks find Magick.  That I cannot seem to "play" their music doesn't stop me from appreciating their artistry.