Morning Randoms

The coolest thing I've seen online in a long, long while, and a good morning meditation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc
Go get your Cosmos dvds.

Kinda related - my new hero.
http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/dr-carolyn-porco-so-much-more-awesome-than-anyone
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/science/space/22prof.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxXa9pxwzoY
"Most people go through life recoiling from its best parts. They miss the enrichment that just a basic knowledge of the physical world can bring to the most ordinary experiences. It’s like there’s a pulsating, hidden world, governed by ancient laws and principles, underlying everything around us — from the movements of electrical charges to the motions of the planets — and most people are completely unaware of it. To me, that’s a shame."

There's something so inspiring about people like Carl Sagan, Carolyn Porco, or even someone like Steve Irwin...they're looking at the world with total wonder and want you to understand what's so wonderful about it. And that feeling comes across so strongly. It seems the more you know about something, the more awe-inspiring it becomes. How awesome is that?


Also...

A cool gallery on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaredewright/galleries/72157622275433231
More here:
http://www.flickr.com/galleries/

An awesome set of comedy links:
http://delicious.com/sandpapersuit

Andy Richter completely dominated Celebrity Jeopardy. Lesson learned...listen to comedians, not news anchors...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kdF5SAy4CM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcWs-MFOQWQ

I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful fall.

For a second I considered attending my 10 year high school reunion next summer. I thought it might be fun to connect with a few cool people and see what the weirdos are up to. But after reading some "What have you been up to since graduation?" posts on our class's Facebook group, I might reconsider. Some excerpts:

Then there was a time that my husband and i thought that we werent going to work and we seperated for about a month but then found out that we were pregnant with baby #3 and that was totally unexpected and really wasnt part of my plan that is for sure.so my hubby and i got back together and well lets say that my husband is a brand new man.he has changed soo much sence we got back together and we are stronger more now then ever.

I plan on going back to school for a short time this fall for make up artistery.

My name was at one time Jeffrey Johnson Jr, but that has since changed. My name now is Jereth Weasly James.

I still live at home with my parents upstairs from them. I am still an active bowler.

Oh man...keep in mind this is a public group. I don't think I can hear many more stories like this. Over half of them bummed me out. The rest were just "I went to college, then immediately got married and had 6 kids" stories. Abort class reunion mission...