Well I just wrote a big post and closed the window. Crap.
I'd like to recommend Dickens to all of my friends. I'm reading Oliver Twist now and it's familiar and warm. He says that Oliver has a good and sturdy soul, which is a wonderful thing to say. He has lovely things to tell and tells them quite gracefully. I'm glad I've discovered his work.
Also, Julian's new record is out. It's beautiful and I recommend everyone pick it up before the holiday season. He recorded and played all the music and Brian Dewan made the artwork. It's a really special record. It's also the first record Julian recorded quickly and it turned out marvelously.
Julian's work is something very dear to me. I don't relate to any other works in the way I relate to his, even though I'd never be capable of making the things he does. I hope you all enjoy his new records as much as I do, because they bring me a great deal of hope and joy.
I've become very interested in astronomy again. I had been going through depression and thinking of things so beautiful, grand and real can focus my attention away from unimportant and less beautiful things. I recommend everyone listen to Astronomy Cast and visit their website for show notes. Also, the website Universe Today is full of wonderful information and news. Astronomy has traditionally been very important to me and it feels like I'm reawakening to something dear and innate in me as I'm discovering it again. Throughout my childhood, it was also the most important thing to my brother and I and it engaged my imagination in ways that little else could. From elementary school until high school it was always important to me. Throughout middleschool and early highschool I couldn't relate to the world around me, but I could lose myself in the grandeur of the universe. I feel that way again now and its a sweet and comforting feeling looking at the sky with a friend on a cold night and knowing we're so remarkably improbable and standing on a tiny bit of rock and water that can only sustain life for another 500 million years. We're so lucky.
Also, the weather is nice. While I'm recommending things, I may as well tell everyone that fall is lovely.
I'd like to recommend Dickens to all of my friends. I'm reading Oliver Twist now and it's familiar and warm. He says that Oliver has a good and sturdy soul, which is a wonderful thing to say. He has lovely things to tell and tells them quite gracefully. I'm glad I've discovered his work.
Also, Julian's new record is out. It's beautiful and I recommend everyone pick it up before the holiday season. He recorded and played all the music and Brian Dewan made the artwork. It's a really special record. It's also the first record Julian recorded quickly and it turned out marvelously.
Julian's work is something very dear to me. I don't relate to any other works in the way I relate to his, even though I'd never be capable of making the things he does. I hope you all enjoy his new records as much as I do, because they bring me a great deal of hope and joy.
I've become very interested in astronomy again. I had been going through depression and thinking of things so beautiful, grand and real can focus my attention away from unimportant and less beautiful things. I recommend everyone listen to Astronomy Cast and visit their website for show notes. Also, the website Universe Today is full of wonderful information and news. Astronomy has traditionally been very important to me and it feels like I'm reawakening to something dear and innate in me as I'm discovering it again. Throughout my childhood, it was also the most important thing to my brother and I and it engaged my imagination in ways that little else could. From elementary school until high school it was always important to me. Throughout middleschool and early highschool I couldn't relate to the world around me, but I could lose myself in the grandeur of the universe. I feel that way again now and its a sweet and comforting feeling looking at the sky with a friend on a cold night and knowing we're so remarkably improbable and standing on a tiny bit of rock and water that can only sustain life for another 500 million years. We're so lucky.
Also, the weather is nice. While I'm recommending things, I may as well tell everyone that fall is lovely.
posted by Grant at
6:56 AM
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Hi Grant, thanks for your kind words. Astronomy is an activity best spent with others. So now that the cool dark fall skies are upon us, get some friends together and do some stargazing. At least with a nice pair of binoculars.
And if you come up with any questions, feel free to send them in.
Fraser Cain
Astronomy Cast/Universe Today
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Fraser, At
October 12, 2008 1:08 PM
Why hello! I love your blog and podcast! I've been using an old refractor, I'll be buying a dobsonian soon which I'm looking forward to quite a bit.
Your show is always well done and Universe Today is always well researched and informative. Keep up the good work!
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Grant, At
October 14, 2008 5:17 AM
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