I hope. I had never heard of this conference before watching a documentary. Check out TED. It stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. The slogan is “ideas worth spreading”. There are some really great ideas being created and implemented by people. I personally know people who have created organizations to make a difference in some area. I have never been able to pick just one. Also, I am more talented at creating the leaders who will begin these projects than actually running a project, no matter how large.

I woke up this morning to read the news and saw that George Carlin died on Sunday. I don’t know any other comedian who gave such a biting social commentary.

No time to blog early. I have a meeting. Until then…

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It’s not my holiday, but to all those who do celebrate it…Have a Happy Easter with much chocolate.

I got to play tourist yesterday in a city that I have lived in for 7 years. I asked quite a few people what was cool to do around here, and I got a lot of different answers. I also got that there’s nothing to do here in San Jose. There is plenty to do here. This city is rather cool actually. I took pictures baaed on a walk I made, but none of the photos are very good.

I feel busy, yet I’m not. I have a lot to do, and yet I don’t. It’s late morning as I write this. Because I have had other things to take care of, I am just now getting ready for my day.

I’m not sure why though. Thursday was amazing. Friday was good. I don’t particularly care for questions around the guy I’m dating. I’m not unhappy with him or dissatisfied. I just wish we had more time together. What we do have is never enough.

For everyone who celebrates Christmas, I hope you have a happy holiday.

I rarely talk about television shows here, unless it is to complain how trite they are. Anyone see “Pushing Daisies”? This is an amazingly clever and well-written show by Barry Sonnenfeld. I have to agree with Variety that is one of the best new shows on television. I also hope that it gets quite a following. I have found that any show I really love ends up canceled. This show is one of those that may not appeal to the masses. It certainly has a Tim Burton feel. Think of Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for the setting. Vibrant, bright colors everywhere. A somewhat surreal feel to the action. Then there’s the odd premise of the guy who can bring people back to life if he touches them, but if he touches them again, they die. I loved this show. The dialogue is snappy. The jokes land just right. The cast is perfect. In case you missed the show, you can watch it on ABC.com.

Try wrapping your brain around this one. I am trying to unravel mine back. What if matter wasn’t made up of atoms as we have been taught? That includes humans. New experimenets in physics around dark matter are leadng to new theories. Only one-fifth of matter is made up of atoms.
Howard Baer, Florida State University’s J.D. Kimel Professor of Physics, is studying dark matter. Dark matter is believed to exist in the form of tiny particles that do not interact with light. Great! We have particles in us and around us that have absolutely no interaction with light. So how do we know they exist? We don’t exactly. These little particles don’t emit or reflect electromagnetic radiation these dark matter particles haven’t been directly observed. So what we have is a theory (although research is on its way to prove the theory correct) that dark matter particles exist based on their gravitational effects on visible matter throughout the universe. One more puzzling phenomena for the physicists to ponder.

What I wonder is what does dark matter do? What is its purpose? Of course atoms are mostly space, but it sounds like there are things in that space. Doing what, though?