Our eyes prefer to suppose
That a habitable place
Has a geocentric view,
That architects enclose
A quiet Euclidian space:
Exploded myths - but who
Could feel at home astraddle
An ever expanding saddle?
-From W. H. Auden's After Reading a Child's Guide to Modern Physics
Very cool. The saddle, if you are unaware, is one of the possible shapes of space (see a fun NASA factcard).
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One of the effects of high gas prices is to encourage people to use bicycles. This also includes the police, where some jurisdictions are taking cops out of cruisers and putting them on foot or on bikes.
Shorter Ken Ham: Other museums have dinosaur models with saddles, so why does everyone pick on my "museum"?.
tags: Eight Belles, horseracing, music
I've been away from my various desks for almost two months while excavating and then enjoying some time off.