Quotation – November 28, 2012

Talking of Patriotism, what humbug it is; it is a word which always commemorates a robbery.  There isn’t a foot of land in the world which doesn’t represent the ousting and re-ousting of a long line of successive owners.

Mark Twain

Quotation – November 26, 2012

Physics is mathematical not because we know so much about the physical world, but because we know so little; it is only its mathematical properties that we can discover.

Bertrand Russell

Quotation – November 22, 2012

Familiarity breeds contempt.  How accurate that is.  The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it.

Mark Twain

Quotation – November 21, 2012

Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.

Mark Twain

Quotation – November 19, 2012

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Mark Twain

Quotation – November 17, 2012

There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling.

Mirabel Osler

SciFaiku Review: SciFaiku #22 – A View to Wonder

SciFaiku Review

SciFaiku (Science Fiction haiku) is a form of poetry inspired by Japanese Haiku.

SciFaiku poems are short, minimalistic, poems about science and science fiction.
The poems are usually three lines and around 17 syllables.

Join me in exploring this field of poetry.  Send your scifaiku to hyperlight@hyperwarp.com and I will feature them here.  (subject: Scifaiku)

#22 – A View to Wonder

Starlight and moon dust

the long arm of the galaxy

a view to wonder

via space.com

Quotation – November 15, 2012

Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.

Mark Twain

Quotation – November 11, 2012

Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.

Mark Twain

SciFaiku Review: SciFaiku #21 – Reality

SciFaiku Review

SciFaiku (Science Fiction haiku) is a form of poetry inspired by Japanese Haiku.

SciFaiku poems are short, minimalistic, poems about science and science fiction.
The poems are usually three lines and around 17 syllables.

Join me in exploring this field of poetry.  Send your scifaiku to hyperlight@hyperwarp.com and I will feature them here.  (subject: Scifaiku)

#21 – Reality

Reality exists

understanding elusive

disillusionment awkward