The moon has always been with us. Even for early humans who didn’t quite understand the universe, the moon was a constant. It pulls our tides and tells turtles when to come ashore and bury eggs. It lights our way and directs our ships. It entrances moths. It acts as a calendar. Fifty years ago, we made it to the surface.
Lunar films for the dreamers, the sci-fi enthusiasts, the skeptics and the dramatic. All available from DVD Netflix.
Turns out the Monty Python’s knights were right about at least one thing: killer rabbits. Super-psyched for these gorgeous stamps of the planets (and Pluto and New Horizons). I wonder if a first class Forever stamp means the USPS will deliver there? Not entirely sure what I think about these mesmerizing gifs that mix vintage photos…
COOL LINKS AND ARTICLES FROM THE WEEK NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) released retro-inspired travel posters for the galaxy. The high-res images are free to download, print and frame. This week has been one of curling, and more curling. The 2016 National Championships in Jacksonville finish this weekend. Synesthesia, the crossing over of senses (hearing…
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting: The Soul that rises with us, our life’s Star, Hath had elsewhere its setting, And cometh from afar: Not in entire forgetfulness, And not in utter nakedness, But trailing clouds of glory do we come William Wordsworth. 1770–1850 Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early…