Tag: nature
Glorious Saturday Outdoors
I've been riding shotgun in the stressful weeks leading up to Michelle's master's thesis defense, and it was high time my wonderful wife got a day of relaxing. After a goofy night celebrating at Dave and Buster's1 with her friends and family, we spent yesterday wandering outdoors through gorgeous gardens.
(more...) Nature Trumps the Laws of Man in the Long Run
The physical “laws of nature” thus afforded (there ya go Bastos), extend far beyond the limits of life on Earth. Looking back billions of years at earlier light from the universe illustrates forces that are consistent with our modern understanding of gravity. The same system of interacting matter and energies that produced Earth is prevelant as far (back) as we can observe. The exception is early universe radiation, which describes an expanding and highly energetic beginning. Alas, cosmology is beyond the scope of this analysis. (more…)