Dave Thompson @oldtex59@octodon.social

Been a while since I've been on this one.

Spent the last 4 months writing a novel.

And it's out now! Whoo Hoo!!!

http://myBook.to/TheAngelsofVengeance

Congratulations to Space-X for another fine launch, this time from Vandenberg out here on the left coast. 5:50 am is a bit early for me, even for a rocket launch.

*Finally* getting some forward movement with one movie project. The one that will take into @Stonekettle 's neck of the country.

Hopefully the mess in the keys will be sopped up by the time we shoot.

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Yesterday couldn't get any worse... then Tom Petty died.

https://splinternews.com/every-member-of-congress-who-took-money-from-the-nra-an-1819059582

"A woman in Italy recently married herself in a ceremony that included a three-layer wedding cake, bridesmaids, and 70 guests. Did I say guests? I meant cats. 70 cats." -Seth Meyers

Only way to cope with the things happening in the US last 24 hours. And to make thing worse, yes, Tom Petty DID just pass away.

"The other day in Australia, a wedding took place inside a Costco. Because it was Costco, the groom came home with 12 brides." -Conan O'Brien

Why, on 3rd and 15+, d they ALWAYS run a screen pass, only good for 7 or 8 yards...?? Why??

Weren't the LA Rams supposed to suck this year? They're 3-1 with this win over the Dallus Cowgurlz...

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And this is how it is now, folks.

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For this without google handy, Dr Philip Morrison was a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is known for his work on the Manhattan Project during World War II, and for his later work in quantum physics, nuclear physics and high energy astrophysics.

I met him at UT/Austin in 1980.

One of my favorite things about my professors in college was what they called "thought experiments", or what we non-scientists call "bullshitting"

Dr. Phil Morrison and I got into one about how to communicate with an intelligent species on a black hole.

Gravitational waves, modulated to carry the message.

But the earth would be fuct if they moved into orbit to say "hi"

well, this isn't getting my writing done... I mean, yes, technically, I *am* writing... just not what I need to write this morning.

@xj9

Bit of a cludge, doncha think?