Pender’s Fabulous Journal of Random Stuff and Things!!!!

A month ago or so we took a motorcycle ride over to Peggy’s Cove. It’s about a 40 minute ride from our house, a pretty nice ride. The roads are mostly country roads and winding in a lot of places so the actual ride was pleasant.

The day we went was BOILING hot, when we got off the bike we were instantly sweating, so we actually didn’t stay longer than maybe 30-40 minutes, it was just too hot. We even ate icecream within that time but had to chomp it down fast so it didn’t melt.

Peggy’s cove is sort of a strange place, it reminds me a lot of newfoundland with its rocks. It was surprising to see it since it doesn’t look like the rest of the land at all, with giant rocks protruding the ground in giant stairs in places, and really smooth rolling hill-like in other areas. Was neat to see. We also saw the carved stone of the fishermen as we were leaving but didn’t stop to take a picture or check it out closely. We’ll go back again someday, probably.

So all that rucus a few months ago about us buying the house, then I never bothered to post the pictures of the house on here. Haha, sucks to be you! Or DOES it? For now you will be able to see it in all its house-like glory!

We’ve now been living there for 2 months and 8 days. We also like the community we’re in, it’s family oriented, lots of nice people, not many hicks. The two houses on the left of this picture beside us are now for sale. YOU could be our neighbour! Wouldn’t that be wonderful?! No?! Ok!!

In a follow-up article on NewScientist it seems that of the astronomical community is split between “real happy” and “real not happy” about the new definition of “planet”, especially as it pertains to Pluto.

As best I can tell, ‘dwarf’ is an adjective and ‘planet’ is a noun,” he told New Scientist. “I think the IAU thinks they defined Pluto to not be a planet. But they in fact have defined Pluto to be a planet – a particular kind of planet.”

So they were successful in preventing there being hundreds of planets surrounding the sun, sorta. Since nobody will care about other dwarf planets, they won’t go on the big maps of our solar system that we learn about in grade 4. However pluto may stay there because hey, it’s still a planet! Just a shrimpy, surley one that drinks mead and hues elf heads with their axes.

He says only four of the eight objects mentioned in the IAU definition actually meet the definition’s criteria – and Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Neptune do not.

Holy shit, I’m living on a dwarf! Biggest, roundiest dwarf I’ve ever seen!

I wonder how long this debate will go on.. Whoever started this is in trouble. *shakes fist*

There’s an excellent article on Wired News about terrorism.

The point of terrorism is to cause terror, sometimes to further a political goal and sometimes out of sheer hatred. The people terrorists kill are not the targets; they are collateral damage. And blowing up planes, trains, markets or buses is not the goal; those are just tactics.

The real targets of terrorism are the rest of us: the billions of us who are not killed but are terrorized because of the killing. The real point of terrorism is not the act itself, but our reaction to the act.

And we’re doing exactly what the terrorists want.

I found it very powerful and I’m hoping that it will open some eyes. The many links included in the article point to very good resources and back up what he says intelligently.

My first favorite is uranus.

Pluto has lost its seven-decade status as the ninth and outermost planet of the solar system, the world’s top astrononomical body has decided.

The decision was made at an assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU).

Well that’s a drag. One day you’re a planet the next day you’re an insignificant ball of ice at the outer edge of the solar system. At one point they were talking about adding other orbital bodies as planets, including my 3rd favorite planet, Xena. I would have prefered to have more planets than less just cause. It would have given normal people (like yourself, normy) something else to look at and expand your horizons instead of contracting them. So what’s pluto designated as now? I demand another debate about it!

Full story at NewScientistSpace

Apparently scientists have been reading The Onion (or my articles) because I just found an article from a South-african based scientist that claims that rats and goldfish are smarter than dolphins.

Told ya.

You’ll start out stealin’ songs, then you’re robbin’ liquor stores and sellin’ crack and running over schoolkids with your car.

Weird Al’s got a new song that plays on his site, I guess a promo for his upcoming album. (Warning: will play automatically, but the controls are there so you CAN turn it off, though you won’t want to!!!) It’s pretty funny, it’s asking people not to download this song, maybe cause it’s free on his site already anyhow, so don’t bother turning to kazaa and other p2p file sharing networks.

He just needs to grow his mustache back or he’ll have to fight howard stern to the death for the coveted title of “person who most looks like howard stern”.
VS.

This was kinda interesting, she took a picture of her face every day for 3 years them mashed them all into a video and applied it to weird music. Was neat to watch her hair grow. Other than that, things didn’t change too much over the course of 3 years. No unsightly scars diagonally across her face or anything.
Crazy Face Girl

Thanks Hollywood.

Here ya go: number logic

Cause you like to think, nstuff njunk nstuff rsomethin’..

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