Pseudonymous Bosch's Blog, page 4
October 24, 2012
hide n seek
Here's a great place to hide the Secret Series, thanks to Agent KB's team:
No one checks in the washing machine!
October 23, 2012
The future sounds fast
Supersonic Model Points to Fast Future
If human beings are ever to fly faster than the speed of sound from one side of the country to another, we first have to figure out how to reduce the level of sonic boom generated by supersonic flight.
Earlier this fall, a subscale model of a potential future low-boom supersonic aircraft designed by The Boeing Company was installed for teRead More...
blast off today
Rocket Rollout
The Soyuz rocket is rolled out to the launch pad by train, on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 23. The rocket will send Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and Flight Engineer Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS on a five-month Read More...
batrachomyomachy
The Wordnik Word of the Day for October 23, 2012 is
batrachomyomachy
http://www.wordnik.com/words/batracho...
A battle between the frogs and mice; specifically (cap.), the title of an ancient Greek parody on the Iliad.
This word comes from the Greek words for ‘frog,’ ‘mouse,’ and ‘battle.’ It has the figurative meaning of ‘a petty quarrel.’
Example:
'After which grand tournament, to which that of Tottenham shRead More...
October 22, 2012
shanachie
The Wordnik Word of the Day for October 22, 2012 is
shanachie
http://www.wordnik.com/words/shanachie
(noun) A skilled storyteller.
'Shanachie' comes from the Old Irish 'senchaid,' a variant of 'senchae,' historian.
Example:
Mr. Seumas MacManus is as truly a shanachie as the old story-tellers that yet tell the old tales about peat fires in Donegal.
--Irish Plays and Playwrights
October 19, 2012
What's up YALL
Don't forget - YALL is right around the corner.
The Charleston Young Adult Book Festival!
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Who’s coming: 44 (and counting) of the country’s top YA authors, including 25 New York Times bestsellers
What: Panels, presentations and signings on more than three stages on Upper King Street, as well as the infamous YA Smackdown!
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October 16, 2012
What noise!
On 25 July 1864, London's most celebrates curmudgeon unpursed his lips for a few seconds and allowed himself a little smile. Parliament had finally given Charles Babbage what he wanted. It was more than 40 years since Babbage had begun to work on a vast mechanical calculator, and still it existed only on paper and in a few experimental parts. His "analytical engine", the precursor of the programmable computer, was even further from completion. Had the government finallyRead More...
October 15, 2012
What snake venom does to BLOOD!
Click on the picture to see a video of what snake venom does to blood:
YIKES!
October 14, 2012
CHOCOLATE MAKES YOU SMART! Proof inside.
Chocolate: Sweet Path to Nobel Prize?
By Chris Kaiser, Cardiology Editor, MedPage Today
Published: October 12, 2012
Swiss chocolate is world renowned for its luxurious richness, but now it may also be known for it’s brain-enhancing power.
An analysis in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that Switzerland’s high cRead More...
October 12, 2012
Tim Taylor's Note Found 40 Years Later By Larry Wright, Hiking In Sequoia National Park
The rusty old canister had been buried for 40 years, but there was something about it that caught the eye of Larry Wright, a 69-year-old resident of Oakland, Calif.
Hiking near Milestone Mountain in Sequoia National Park with his son Aaron and grandson, Skyler, Wright came across what appeared to be a film canister buried in the soil on Sept. 8, reports the Los Angeles Times. Inside was a perfectly preserved hand-written note, dated Aug. 17, 1972. In part, it read:
Tim TaylorRead More...
