Back to the Present

I’ve talked to you about the LHC before.  There were some worries it’d create a black hole, destroy the earth, ect.  Of course, it turned out those claims were made by a Hawaiian grade school teacher.

This new claim is a bit different.  According to two phisiscists, someone is going back in time and sabotaging the LHC, and they say they have the mathmatical evidence to prove it. They’re claiming that the Higgs boson particle is abhorrent to nature, and therefore someone, or something is trying, and thus far succeding to sabotage the LHC.  There has been everything from freak explosions to terrorist arrests assosiated with the Cern project.  And I didn’t even hear about this on Coast to Coast.  So who know.

You can read about it all here.  There’s even some Cern scientists who say the science is at least valid. Here’s what one of the theorists has to say:

“We already know it is not very likely to be true. If the LHC actually succeeds in discovering the Higgs boson, I guess we will have to think again.”

Here’s hoping.

Top 10/50

How are we going to do this? I have Jeff on board. Shall it be New Years? I know Ross and Alex will be here. Who wants to do the math? I am more than welcome to step in. My Mathematics SAT score was through the roof

Deep Inside…

Jung’s Red Book is coming out next week.  It’s already being buzzed about in academea, but how do you get the kids to get excited?  Well you get cool guys like Charlie Kaufman and David Byrne ( & many more) to talk about it and vlog it.  They’re not out yet, but look for them.

About the book though; it’s one of a kind.  It’s Jung’s personal account of his trip into the Inferno.  For sixteen years, durring a ‘mid-life crisis’, he spent his free time tearing down the wall between his concious and subconsious mind.

In it, Jung travels the land of the dead, falls in love with a woman he later realizes is his sister, gets squeezed by a giant serpent and, in one terrifying moment, eats the liver of a little child. (“I swallow with desperate efforts — it is impossible — once again and once again — I almost faint — it is done.”) At one point, even the devil criticizes Jung as hateful.  NYT

Of course there’s much more to it than dragons and a morbid liverwurst.  This is a record of the subconcious of a man that formed a good deal of the contemporary ideas about the subconcious.  The book’s translator, Sonu Shamdasani, who wrestled with the book for ten years called it “the nuclear reactor for all [Jung's] works.”

The log of  his journies has taken a twisted path itself.  The New York Times has done a great job putting that story to pixels, and you can find it here.  It’s all very exciting, but for now, I don’t have $115.

For Comrades and Lovers.

Many of you have known Paul for a short time. I introduced him to the world of the blog. He now lives in Brooklyn (with me again!). Here is Pauls Blog. Rejoice. (his title is a Walt Whitman quote, btw) If that is not an appropriate title for his blog, i don’t now what is. Here’s to you, Mr. America!

P.S. Check out his post about Star Wars Girl. Yours truly makes an appearance.

Portland Art

I never met this guy, he stopped working at The Bookman just before I began. However, I feel that I gained certain camaraderie with him due to the large amount that was spoken of in his wake. For all you Portlandians, it looks worth checking out:

Here’s the Deets. (Since I can’t seem to get the hang of that indented quotation stuff)

Sea Blobs

more about “Sea Blobs“, posted with vodpod

It’s like a big underwater booger.

Put It Up has found it’s identity being a blog about the arts and monsters, and I’m comfortable with that. This post falls into the latter category. They carry e-coli and are up to 124 MILES long.  LINK

AU 09 (Radio Edit)

AU 09 (Radio Edit)

One can consider this mix “autumnal.” I certainly did make it with a warm mug, in a blanket, on a cold night. So: Mull your wine. Fall in love. Fall from a tree. Stare a little bit. This might put you to bed. It may not. Tracklist after the–

A Spoonful of Tenderoni

I’ve been looking all day for Chromeo’s DJ Kicks that waas released this week.  I came up short but this is my consolation prize.  The Ce Soir on Danse! mixtape from 2006.  It’s good. Put it on, party this weekend. PASSWORD:Danse!

If you come across the DJKICKS, send me a link please.  I’m sick of this. Oh, look. Thank you Dave 2.

NEW SINGLE – Night by Night

Banned Books Week

Whether you knew it or not, we are in the midst of Banned Book Week where we, um, celebrate banned literature. So, might I humbly suggest that you pick up one of these and give it a go. I don’t consider reading Harry Potter an act of participation. I would, however, commend anyone who chooses to give Gossip Girl a whirl. In all seriousness, I think you would enjoy this one quite a bit. Let me know what book you chose if you so decide to partake in this silly week.

Smoking Dope With Pynchon

So I’m reading Pynchon’s new novel – which includes lots of pot – and stumbled upon this. It appears to be fairly legit actually. It is one man’s account of meeting Pynchon in the 60’s (a decade “Tom” is obsessed with, as you might know) and smoking a fat joint. It’s really not that interesting unless you are one of those people who adores the very silly shenanigans surrounding Pynchon’s anonymity. Read if you are are one of those folk…

Dope With Big T.P.