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This image shows a microscopic view of fine-grained material at the tip of the Robotic Arm scoop as seen by the Robotic Arm Camera (RAC) aboard NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander on June 20, 2008, the 26th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. RAC scientists took this image at a resolution of 30 [...]  June 29, 2008 | category: personal George Carlin was one of my favorite comedians. More-so than his social tag as an entertainer, he was always pushing the boundaries of free speech and writing throughout the evolution of his career. Treading lightly and Carlin were a classic duo of paradox for those who know about “You Are All Diseased“, “Complaints and [...] June 28, 2008 | category: movies If you’re a fan of Kung Fu Panda, you may find this clip entertaining. It’s one of my favorite movies, Five Deadly Venoms. Some of the animal’s named are changed, but the basic premise of five students training under different styles with the sixth being the main protagonist carries the storyline. I wish I [...] Here’s the flyer for the PFOM: the mashup show tonight. You can check out the details and location on the Munky King website here. Click on the flyer for a higher-res image. I’ll have both the underlava transportation painting and the priestess for sale in a set of prints with other crew members. [...] June 25, 2008 | category: literature If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or [...] June 23, 2008 | category: my work Here’s a mixed media image I just put together. She is a priestess from Planet Gunganap from the region of Noka, practicing the rituals of her culture and time. This picture will be sold as a giclee print in a set for the upcoming Pocket Full Of Monsters show at Munky King, along with [...]
I am curious about the controversy surrounding knowledge of ancient cultures such as the Dogon Tribe, some of which is said to measure equal to astrophysics and super string theory. In addition, how did the Dogon have knowledge of far away star systems that we have only discovered recently with our technology? Was it true or a distorted account of history? Here we have the story of a curious programmer, Laird Scranton, who dissects the language and symbology of the Dogon, and reveals startling logic and conclusions. The construction of electrons in an atom, phases of civilization, and the diagrammed groupings of quantum particles, are only a few examples of the what is sure to raise eyebrows with those not familiar with this interesting culture. In this five part video, John Anthony West interviews Laird Scranton about his book: “Hidden Meanings“. Scranton explains how the Dogon tribe in West Africa originated Egyptian symbolism, philosophy, physics and even modern science. part 1 of 5 continue reading the language and symbols of the dogon tribe June 18, 2008 | category: technology Engineers at iXs Research Corporation unveiled a robotic teddy bear designed to work as a talking car navigation system. The prototype robot stands 30 centimeters (1 ft) tall and has 6 joints in its arms and neck, which it uses to make gestures while providing spoken directions. The robot bear is also equipped with [...] June 17, 2008 | category: paranormal A strange pattern appeared in a field in South Korea this past weekend. It hasn’t been determined at this time whether the formation is man-made or unexplainable in origin. What is fascinating about this particular shape is its resemblance to the lunar cycles of the year, which is further explained below.
continue reading crop circles in chungnam boryoung, south korea June 15, 2008 | category: my work Here’s the progress pictures and finished version of my “underlava transportation” painting, based on the oarfish I posted about earlier. If you want to see images of the finished painting from different angles, go to the artwork section of the website and click on the “gallery/strange” category here. This 4 canvas painting, a print [...] What an interesting person this guy is. Haven’t we all had things heroic and tragic that have inspired us to imagine possibilities as children? It seems that Ronald never stopped thinking this way, even if the boundaries were the very dimensions of space and time. Ronald Mallett was born in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania, [...] June 12, 2008 | category: animal kingdom ROME (AP) — A deer with a single horn in the center of its head — much like the fabled, mythical unicorn — has been spotted in a nature preserve in Italy, park officials said Wednesday. “This is fantasy becoming reality,” Gilberto Tozzi, director of the Center of Natural Sciences in Prato, told The [...] |
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