Espionage

mikerickson:

He comes to the window and says, “do you have any idea how fast you were going?” Heisenberg replied, “no but I can tell you exactly where I was.”

Hearing this strange reply the cop decides to conduct a search of the car. After opening the trunk of the car he immediately returns to the front window where he startlingly asks, “did you know there’s a dead cat in your trunk?!”

Schrodinger then looks at him and says, “well thanks, now I do.”

(via physicsphysics)

inothernews:

The space shuttle fleet may have been grounded, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have time for a brief history of NASA’s two logos.  On the left is the version known as “The Worm” (the one on the right has been dubbed “The Meatball”), and below is an exchange that reportedly took place during the review of The Worm by former NASA administrator Dr. James Fletcher and deputy administrator George Low:

FLETCHER:  I’m simply not comfortable with those letters, something is missing.
LOW: Well, yes, the cross stroke is gone from the letter A.
FLETCHER: Yes, and that bothers me.
LOW: Why?
FLETCHER (long pause): I just don’t feel we are getting our money’s worth!

(via the New York Times)

(via itsfullofstars)

Planning things is for people with lots of time and energy. Just kidding about the time part. I have plenty of time and .. actually I’m not sure if I hate planning or love it. I used to love it but then everyone was all like “we dont want to do that because of blah blah blah” and then I started hating it. But I think I still love it.

Ok can you tell that I’m bored yet?
No?
Ok we’ll keep trying.

I think that stars are cool. Hey did you guys see the moon yesterday? It looked so cool, I can’t believe I didn’t get a picture of it!!!!!! 

Anyways, I can’t wait to actually use my telescope! I am waiting for a good, clear day when I can actually see something interesting. I missed the opportunity to see the ISS at a magnitude of -4.0 and that makes me sad… :( but hopefully within a month it’ll be visible at that magnitude again. 

Anyways, let me leave you with some Gracedom (ya know, Grace’s wisdom….) 

Remember, you should always be smiling. You never know when somebody is going to come up to you and say, “what’s so funny?”

kateoplis:

Space shuttle: An open letter to President Obama

July 7th 2011

Dear Mr President,

As the countdown to your final space shuttle flight approaches, I wanted to write to thank America for the inspiration the shuttle programme has given to so many over the past 30 years.

I was three years old when construction of

Glorious, isn’t it?

I just realized how soon it is until Atlantis launches for the very last time…. and that makes me sad.

Life is all about taking chances. No one knows what they’re doing, but we keep doing it, and somehow we still get it right. Some of the time. That’s because we’re closing our eyes, and jumping. We don’t know what is going to happen, but we know that if we don’t jump, we will regret it for the rest of our lives. And that’s what I’m doing now, every day. I’m closing my eyes, saying a prayer, and jumping. I know I won’t regret it because every choice I make makes me who I am. and I love who I am.

So close YOUR eyes, and jump. You won’t regret it.