Bathroom humour - it's lamer than you think

I realize this post may cause some of you to pause and question my taste in pictures...but to others I think it will be appropriate. Notice the homey accents - I do have to say - my toilet is better than yours.
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The universe is not only queerer than we suppose it is queerer than we CAN suppose.

Wednesday night I did something that I always imagined doing if I lived in a big city. I know it won't sound exciting to anyone reading this. In fact, it may make me sound like a nerd. But I guess as you get older you care less about that and care more about the things that interest and make you happy. I went to a lecture given by a well known (well, not to me - but apparently in the scientific community) theoretical physicist named Michio Kaku. He is a professor at City University of New York and is co-founder of String Field Theory which is a theory developed to explain the universe and it's foundational laws. I heard him speaking on Coast to Coast AM about a month ago and after visiting his website found that he would be coming to Seattle to promote his book. His lecture was very intersting and easy to understand for the most part. He talked about new findings on the Big Bang and the universe and the cosmos in general. He explained how the universe is expanding at a very fast rate and that eventually it will end in a big freeze. He spoke about black holes and worm holes and possible ways to travel through them to get to a parellel universe or to travel in time. Sounds very science fiction but who knows. I believe that our existence is so special and constructed in such an awesome way by God that ANYTHING is possible. It was all very exciting. It was fun to meet the people who also came to hear Michio speak. The lecture was held in a hall in downtown Seattle. Gloria Steinem was also speaking that night upstairs. Driving home that evening (late for me; 10:30) it started SNOWING which is unheard of down in here in the cities. It was bad. Then as I pulled off the freeway and stopped at a stop light I looked over at a convenience store and there was a car in the lot ON FIRE!
MKaku.org Theoretical Physicist Dr. Michio Kaku, science & technology

Oscar's

Did anyone watch the Academy Awards last night? I got a late start but saw most of it. I found one instance very disturbing. Toward the end of the night a man and woman won an award for maybe sound editing or something. The man took the microphone first and talked and thanked everyone. The woman obviously wanted a chance to talk also but he just kept on and on and then by the time he stepped away and she opened her mouth they had turned off the microphone. I find this so rude. If I knew who the man was I might even write him a letter. How about being a gentleman and letting the woman go first - or since you are splitting the award why not split the 60 seconds you both have to talk. Ug. It seems like I see more and more of this happening. Not long ago I was at the grocery store and an old woman and a much younger man were in front of me. She was slow at getting all of her coupons and payment together and he was very exasperated. When they were done he left her to push the big cart from the store to their car. I'm sure that this was his mother and it took everything I had not to go up and say something to him. Where are manners in today's world? Ok, so I'm pulling a Wanda but I get really disgusted when people don't think of others.