My tweets

• 10:09 morning tweeters all. About to leave for a work meeting...I may be some time... #
• 10:10 @chrys : thanks for that. even if i'm made redundant, it will be OK. just hope my Practitioner's exam study isn't disrupted by this... #
• 15:49 well, will be made redundant in a week or two. not to worry, i'll be fine. my employer's loss, not mine, really. #

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Today's Physics URL

You may often wish for something very farfetched. If your wish were to be granted, you may be in for a surprise. Watch this video for the results.

Happy birthday, Dr. Louie Crew

Louie isn't on live journal, but he is an old friend (20 years' standing) and someone whom HWMBO and I dearly love, along with his husband, Ernest Clay. They have been married for over 33 years (perhaps 35 by now?) and Louie is, singlehanded, responsible for the overhauling of the Episcopal Church's stand on lesbian, gay, and transgender people. If he hadn't founded Integrity many years ago, there would have been no justice for lesbian and gay and transgender people in the church as a whole. His vision and leadership in the LGBT community is legendary, and he is a warm, kind, and joyful fellow, always ready with a laugh or a funny story.

As well as being a leader in our community, he taught English for many years at Rutgers University and no doubt made his students feel empowered as much as we feel empowered.

Many happy returns of the day, Louie!

Today's Wacky Music Video

I am stealing this one from MadPriest, on the assumption that lots of people who read my blog don't read his. Too bad, he's always got something funny going on...

The subtitles are a bit strong, perhaps, for some. Children under 52 shouldn't watch this one while drinking coffee. I am not responsible for sprayed keyboards and monitors.

And if you are eating a hot dog, please step back from the monitor and keep your hands where we can all see them.