I ran an okay 5K (Race for the Cure) this morning, and after a bagel and a bath and some coffee, am feeling vaguely human again. Am contemplating dinner. Do not want to go grocery shopping.
Scientists running out of names for things on Mars:
The twin rover missions have forced scientists to come up with more than 4,000 names to mark everything from the majestic Columbia Hills to a few pebbles in the sand.
The result is an extravagantly labeled map punctuated by the scientists' ever-changing preoccupations with history, holidays, monkeys, ice cream, cartoon characters, sushi, Mayan words, Scandinavian fish delicacies … the list goes on and on.
I read that article somewhere. They never mention what monkey names got used.
Jessica, I keep trying to get Lori to get the scientists to name something after me on Mars! to no avail.
they should sell the names to fund the next mission.
I need for there to be a feature somewhere named Marvin.
they should sell the names to fund the next mission
Ooh, that would be cool. I want to name a Martian rock.
Thank heavens. My Daffy Duck-based knowledge of Mars remains unchallenged!
The result is an extravagantly labeled map punctuated by the scientists' ever-changing preoccupations with history, holidays, monkeys, ice cream, cartoon characters, sushi, Mayan words, Scandinavian fish delicacies … the list goes on and on.
It's like they asked us to name an entire world.
Suddelny I'm glad all we have to grapple with is threads.
Suddelny I'm glad all we have to grapple with is threads.
But it's not so bad, as NASA has yet to discover Bureaucracy Thread technology.....
I feel all accomplished this morning, since I've already been to breakfast and Target and the pet store and done a little cleaning.
It turns out the pet store is more dangerous than Target, since they have cats up for adoption and one of them really wanted me to adopt it. ( I managed not to). Also, the sales person tried to charge me $155.46 for a bag of catnip. I was a little disappointed that the computer system corrected him before I could, but the computer was probably nicer about it than I would have been.