The Sneezing Star

Okay, I am back once again to post. Not even sure what to type really, just didn’t want too much more time to go by before my next post. In order to stay true to the tagline, I’ll just rant and babble.

My allergies have been bad lately. Sinus, stuffy running nose, severe sneezing, and drowsy meds. Pollen count is really high with the trees and stuff budding. Just popped a couple more pills so I continue on with my dizzy high. I do like this time of year though, when the days get nice and warm as things head torward summer. But the last couple weeks here in Connecticut have been cloudy and raining. Had a few nice days in between, but chilly and gloomy for the most part. I got a hold of some real nice Bushnell binoculars for stargazing, but haven’t had any clear nights yet to do it. I’ve always been really into the stars and other celestial objects since I can remember. Used to have a telescope when I was younger that I kept at my grandmother’s house and we used to watch the night sky together. She used to keep track of whenever there was going to be a meteor shower so we wouldn’t miss any. Those were always so amazing to watch; white streaks skipping high across the atmosphere.

I am really interested in Cosmology, Astrophysics, Quantum Mechanics and extremely fascinated with the latest developtments in the GUT field (Grand Unified Theories). For a while now I’ve been reading a lot about String Theory\M-Theory. Some mind-bending ideas and concepts, I love stuff like that, when you read over something extraordinary and you feel your mind tingle as it absorbs and understands it. Currently I am reading Parallel Worlds: A journey through creation, higher dimensions, and the future of the cosmos, by Michio Kaku. My favourite theoretical physicist. Other books of his I read were, Visions, Hyperspace, Einstein’s Cosmos, and Beyond Einstein: The cosmic quest for the theory of the Universe, co-authored by Jennifer Tompson. I also read Brian Greene’s The Elegant Universe, well just about read, need to finish that one up. I put it down a while back to start on other things. I watched the PBS special on Nova that went by the same name as the book and hosted by Brian Greene himself. It was good, you can watch the whole 3 hours online right here. It will introduce you to String Theory, dimensions, and the odd properties on the quantum level. I will still finish the book since it goes into more details than the show could.

I was even thinking about starting a science category on my blog for thoughts and things related to these theories and such ideas.. but nothing mathmatical, as I’m very poor at it. Where I make up for it is my creative imagination to visualize complex physics if read in an easy to understand fashion. Well, I have other things to get back to now. I’ll be sure to come by again and post something. 😉