January 2011
24 posts
Where I drool over history and politics →
I find this fascinating, that America has no native “passive princesses and graceful ballerinas,” but what do we have? Cowgirls. A woman gun-slinger? Totally American. Rapunzel? Hell, no.
So, more women politicians come from western states, a more conservative part of the country, and therefore kind of odd to find women challenging men - AND WINNING. What’s up with that?
“Conclusion of a letter from F. Scott Fitzgerald to his 12-year-old daughter...”
– http://www.futilitycloset.com/2011/01/19/advice
A January Pause →
This is how I want to write. I just don’t get a chance to write or create things like I used to, though I have so many ideas teeming from my head.
I’m hopeful for the summer, at least.
Thunderstorms Make Antimatter →
sexymindsreadbooks:
Jan. 11, 2011: Scientists using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have detected beams of antimatter produced above thunderstorms on Earth, a phenomenon never seen before.
Scientists think the antimatter particles were formed inside thunderstorms in a terrestrial gamma-ray flash (TGF) associated with lightning. It is estimated that about 500 TGFs occur daily...
