and the Wall came tumbling down.

No, it didn't quite tumble to bits overnight, but it was the amazing and unbelievable start 20 years ago to the reunification of city and of country.

I remember where I was that night 20 years ago and the OMG feeling of seeing this unfold on the TV.

I doubt I'll ever forget.

go fetch!

wow

Sen. Boxer-meets-dr-evil"

The comparison is just overwhelming... hahahah. People's true nature always seems to bleed through to the surface.

Hat tip: Michelle Malkin

"Avatar: The Last Airbender: Bitter Work (#2.9)" (2006)

Uncle Iroh: [Drawing the Fire Nation symbol in the dirt] Fire is the element of power. The people of the Fire Nation have desire and will, and the energy and drive to achieve what they want. [Drawing the Earth Kingdom symbol]
Uncle Iroh: Earth is the element of substance. The people of the Earth Kingdom are diverse and strong. They are persistent and enduring. [Drawing the Air Nomad symbol]
Uncle Iroh: Air is the element of freedom. The Air Nomads detached themselves from worldly concerns, and they found peace and freedom. [pause]
Uncle Iroh: And they apparently had great senses of humor. [Drawing the Water Tribe symbol]
Uncle Iroh: Water is the element of change. The people of the Water Tribes are capable of adapting to many things. They have a sense of community and love that holds them together through anything.
Prince Zuko: Why are you teaching me these things?
Uncle Iroh: It is important to draw wisdom from different places. If you take it from only one place it become rigid and stale. [he draws straight lines separating the four symbols]
Uncle Iroh: Understanding others, the other elements, the other nations, will help you become whole. [he draws a circle around the whole, uniting the four symbols into one]

Prince Zuko: All this four elements talk, is sounding like Avatar stuff.
Uncle Iroh: It is the combination of the four elements in one person that makes the Avatar so powerful. But it can make you more powerful too.

Prince Zuko: But I don't feel any shame at all! I'm as proud as ever!
Uncle Iroh: Prince Zuko, pride is not the opposite of shame, but it's source. True humility is the only antidote to shame.
Prince Zuko: Well, my life has nothing but humbling lately...

the geek test v.3.1

One of my wonderful daughters found this really good geek assessment tool.

I is a major geek at 43.78698%.

Go take the quiz!!!

Huckabee wins the Internet

nuff said.

Showdown at ...

the LN2 corral.

My most recent interesting find is this clip - which I found on Retrospectacle: A Neuroscience Blog. Who needs DC comics when this Brainiac has the ultimate showdown of Thermite versus Liquid Nitrogen.



As Shelley described on her website: Thermite is a mixture of iron oxide and aluminum. When ignited, the aluminum is oxidized and the iron oxide is reduced. If you put it in a terracotta flower pot with a sheet of metal covering the hole at the bottom, the thin strip will melt just as the reaction has completed and allow a column of molten iron to pour straight downward.