Found Poetry of the Hard-boiled Variety

I like what David Rachels is doing over at Pulp Poem of the Week

He is taking snippets from hard-boiled pulp and noir fiction and reformatting them so they read like poetry. He is only doing one a week so right now there aren't that many, but I think it will be worth checking back.

I especially like the one from 77 Rue Pardis by Gil Brewer about the snapshot of the girl in a bikini which ends:

She had

large breasts. She had been

unable to control them.

Marshmallow Peeps at the Forefront of Space Exploration

Probably inspired by my cutting edge microwave research in smores technology using Marshmallow Peeps, the Adler Planetarium has taken the next logical step and launched Peeps into space .

Be sure to check out the exciting training montage.

Apparently their research involves some attempt at measuring the brightness of space using the luminosity and reflectivity of various colored peeps. I'm sure this is top notch stuff, but not likely to fire the imagination and enthusiasm of children for more peeps related space research. I would suggest further study into the effects of vacuum on elastic materials composed primarily of air pockets. Oh, the humanity!

We applaud these brave and delicious marshmallow confections as they continue to push the boundaries of science.

Nerds of the World Arise!
Pulitzer Prize winner and certified otaku geek Junot Diaz had this recommendation for the manga thriller Monster by Naoki Urasawa over on Time Magazine's Famous Authors' Guilty Pleasures
summer reading feature.

I ran out to the Borders last night and picked up the first volume and read it. I get the pleasure but don't feel the guilt. Can't quite justify buying the next 17 installments for the library so I guess I'll just have to chip away at it over the rest of the summer.

OK, Sarah. Here goes nuthin'

My jealous co-worker (I can listen to music at my desk and she can't) is giving me grief for not posting on my blog since 2006 (when she was probably still in high school). So here you go. A blog post about nothing. I'm listening to Coldplay, Viva La Vida, right now. Awesome for me. Sucks for you.