Somehow, the planets aligned and the stars smiled upon me last week.
I got Amy to watch all the "Star Wars" movies (episodes IV, V, and VI) back to back.
And she ENJOYED them.
Duck and cover. The apocalypse is NIGH...
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
(At play) amidst the strangeness and the charm
I just found out what this term actually means:
"Strangeness" and "Charm" are qualities of quarks. Physicists use the term "At play amidst the strangeness and the charm" in referring to someone who has passed on. Death, in scientific terms.
One can find this referenced in Alan Moore's graphic novel "Watchmen" (see The Vivarium in my links box), when physicist Jon Osterman is destroyed in an accident at Gila Flats Base routine intrinsic field test (later to be reborn as "Dr. Manhattan"). His girlfriend Janey, before he returns as God in human form several months later, places a picture of him behind a glass cabinet in the base's bar. The title "At play amidst the strangeness and the charm" hangs above all the pictures in this cabinet. I learned recently that all the pictures referred to in this cabinet contain pictures of former scientists at the base who passed away. I just thought the term referred to some old time saying, revealling some cuteness of the locals having fun. The brilliance of "Watchmen", of course, is in the details.
But I like my use of the term. So I don't think I'll be changing it up for a more correct term, despite the macabe connotations it might bring. I am not "At Play" quite yet. "Strangeness" and "Charm", both the nuclear and more mundane meanings, connotate the fascination of life and the wierd things we encounter on a daily basis. Coincidences, dreams and epiphanies all qualify for me.
"Strangeness" and "Charm" are qualities of quarks. Physicists use the term "At play amidst the strangeness and the charm" in referring to someone who has passed on. Death, in scientific terms.
One can find this referenced in Alan Moore's graphic novel "Watchmen" (see The Vivarium in my links box), when physicist Jon Osterman is destroyed in an accident at Gila Flats Base routine intrinsic field test (later to be reborn as "Dr. Manhattan"). His girlfriend Janey, before he returns as God in human form several months later, places a picture of him behind a glass cabinet in the base's bar. The title "At play amidst the strangeness and the charm" hangs above all the pictures in this cabinet. I learned recently that all the pictures referred to in this cabinet contain pictures of former scientists at the base who passed away. I just thought the term referred to some old time saying, revealling some cuteness of the locals having fun. The brilliance of "Watchmen", of course, is in the details.
But I like my use of the term. So I don't think I'll be changing it up for a more correct term, despite the macabe connotations it might bring. I am not "At Play" quite yet. "Strangeness" and "Charm", both the nuclear and more mundane meanings, connotate the fascination of life and the wierd things we encounter on a daily basis. Coincidences, dreams and epiphanies all qualify for me.
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