Michio Kaku is blowing my mind and I'm only 21 pages into his book. How come I never heard of that WMAP satellite before (image from WMAP seen on left)...and why didn't I become a physicist or cosmologist?
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Brother Evan,
I to have had my hair blown back by the words of Michio! Literally!
I had no idea of these advancements in the field of science. And who is this Einstein fellow!? Some kind of wizard?
Ah yes Lord Papel, I believe this Einstein character is actually Gandalf's 2nd cousin once removed. They grew apart when Gandalf claimed he could travel on Shadowfax and exceed the speed of light, whereas Einstein argued this was not physically possible.
I have just started reading it myself on some flights I have today and I'm about 50 pages in. Very interesting and I'm glad to get some good feedback from you all. I will now endeavor to hold our book discussion in one of the other 10 parallel universes. But I think you have to book that pretty far in advance so we'll see.
I feel as if I have crossed some non-reversable, non-turn-back-able bridge. On one side was the "cool" Colin, whose cell phone was filled with images of the McNuggets rap and impersonations of movie quotes. On this new "uncool" side, my phone has pictures and video of Michio Kaku. That's right, Evan and i stumbled upon quite a treasure when our boy was spouting cosmological questions on the Discovery Channel. So I snapped up some pictures of our Asian author. One image was so perfect, in fact, it trumped the picture of me and Kathleen, the picture of Spongebob's face, and even the MOP logo as the main image on my phone. So now, when I open my phone and people ask what the picture is, all I can do is roll my eyes because they have no idea what anti matter is.
I feel that once you take that step and put a physicist on your phone, it can never be retraced. Sure I can put the pic of me and Kat in a warm, smiling embrace back up there, but I don't think I can ever truly be "cool" again. Either that, or it actually makes me cooler than I've ever dreamed of being.
On a side note, I plan to start the book soon.
I didn't want to create a new blog for this, but I just read FIGHT CLUB, and it's a great read that any truth-seeker would enjoy. It's neat reading it after seeing the movie and sorta knowing what's gonna happen, and it gets a strong recommendation. That author, Chuck Palahniuk, is apparently a pretty strange guy too. It actually reads a bit like Suck City, except it's breezier and not as depressing although his outlook on the world is pretty grim. Anyway, happy reading.
Brother Von Pluma
Maybe you should stop having 'fun', and try reading a real book...like Parallel Worlds. That'll soon put some hair on your balls!
I will warn you...it's a thick read. Very deep. Like a jelly.
Enjoy
I must say I am utterly impressed that Michio is your phone wallpaper, especially in lieu of having read his work. Your deep appreciation of him and his life's work will only be enriched with each page you digest in the far reaches of your brain. And you will literally feel your brain increase in size like the girl on the Sudafed commercial as you take more and more of it into your consciousness.
I propose we add a new adjective to our already unsurpassed wealth of vocabulary...and the word is "michio" meaning anything that is beyond our imagination; unbelievable (i.e., "That was absolutely michio the way Brother Bob downed that worm in the bottom of the tequila bottle!"
A fine idea, indeed. Consider my vocabulary one word richer.
You guys like books?
Sometimes!
I know about books
A good book on your shelf is a friend that turns its back on you and remains a friend. ~Author Unknown
Right lads now that all that tomfoolery is out of the way i.e. the wedding, we should be able to nail down some sort of date for our next council meeting. The MOP needs to unite soon and discuss moving forward...as a fivesome.
Indeed. We must set a deadline to finish this book. The Colin from a neighboring universe finished it three months ago, but the one in ours hasn't cracked the halfway point. The beach is a logical and storied conclave meeting place, but it's up to Tyson and it also depends on the husband's availability. Let's do deese!
Cracked the 200 page barrier bitches!!
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