Krissy’s Family

A Delightful, Really Bad Idea

nobody@vox.com(Anil) — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:25:47 -0700

One of my favorite Six Apart traditions, even though it can only be described as a truly bad idea, is that sometimes when everybody is having drinks on a Friday afternoon, Mena cuts daveman692's hair. Thanks to Mr. Sippey for grabbing the video.

Mena Cuts David's Hair

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Kitten VOTD

nobody@vox.com(Alaina) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:38:09 -0700

Kitten VOTD

They dance!

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i'm on a roll

nobody@vox.com(Anil) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:37:58 -0700

the last few days have been amazing, for reasons both personal and professional. but since this has somewhat become my running blog:

30 Miles in a month!

Hooray! I am definitely on a roll. The only thing that can make this better is finally going home and hanging out with my wife. :)

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"Run for Your Life" 2008 Tribeca Film Festival Trailer

nobody@vox.com(Alaina) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:45:51 -0700

"Run for Your Life" 2008 Tribeca Film Festival Trailer

"Without one eccentric Jewish immigrant from Transylvania, the New York City Marathon simply wouldn't exist. Judd Ehrlich's fun, loving, and inspirational tribute to the late Fred Lebow shows how one man's imagination and determination created one of the world's most popular sporting events." - Tribeca Film Festival

http://fredlebowmovie.com

Hope I can catch this screening at the Tribeca Film Festival!

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Spring in Central Park

nobody@vox.com(Alaina) — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:26:29 -0700

I love witnessing the transition to spring. We were in the park Saturday and Sunday, running and enjoying the warmer weather and green and flowering things.

Cherry Blossoms

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Woot!

nobody@vox.com(Anil) — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:51:44 -0700

Just for me, as I am inordinately proud: Holy crap.

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Wait for it...

nobody@vox.com(Alaina) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:52:46 -0700

Wait for it...

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Shiba-inu Five puppies

nobody@vox.com(Alaina) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:15:31 -0700

Shiba-inu Five puppies

OMG Puppies!

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My sneaker habit makes more sense now (not really)

nobody@vox.com(Alaina) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:21:13 -0700

My sneaker habit makes more sense now (not really)

http://www.reuters.com/article/lifest...

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Got a passion for buying sneakers? It could be a good sign, with a poll finding that people who buy three pairs of sneakers or more a year are far more likely to be a leadership type than other people.

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Dragons and Black Holes

nobody@vox.com(Alaina) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:02:03 -0700

Interesting story in the NY Times about a lawsuit being brought by two men in Hawaii that think that the Large Hadron Collider, a giant particle accelerator that will begin smashing protons together outside Geneva this summer might produce a black hole that would eat up the Earth and possibly the universe. I don't know much about quantum physics, but the argument is that the collider could create a micro black hole that would grow and eventually swallow the earth. According to research published by Stephen Hawking in 1974, these micro black holes would rapidly evaporate and pose no threat. But no one has witnessed a black hole evaporate. My favorite quote from the story:

Dr. Arkani-Hamed said concerning worries about the death of the Earth or universe, “Neither has any merit.” He pointed out that because of the dice-throwing nature of quantum physics, there was some probability of almost anything happening. There is some minuscule probability, he said, “the Large Hadron Collider might make dragons that might eat us up.”

Man-made (induced?) dragons or black hole -- either would be a poetic ending to life as we know it.

This is actually a nice animated explanation of what a black hole (I found it by searching for "black holes for dummies").

Curious about quantum physics? You better like math.

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