if you Google “Dylan” and “Lennon”, you’ll find a lot
of dubious speculation regarding Dylan’s influence
on John’s lyrics and Lennon’s thoughts about Dylan
there is no doubt, however, that Lennon was keenly
aware of Dylan’s style; and could imitate it exceed-
ingly well -
as he does in the song parody below
the soundtrack of the above video is an excerpt from
Westwood One’s The Lost Lennon Tapes
Galileo Galilei was the first to observe the rings of
Saturn when, in 1610, he turned his 20-power tele-
scope toward the planet the Romans had named
Saturnus, after the god of agriculture
Galileo assumed that the rings were “handles” or
large moons positioned on either side of the planet
He wrote,
“I have observed the highest planet [Saturn] to be tripled-bodied. This is to say that to my very great amazement Saturn was seen to me to be not a single star, but three together, which almost touch each other”.
- NASA
today, we know that the rings are not any of the
more than 60 moons that orbit the planet -
but what are they?
from the data gathered by Pioneer 11, Voyager 1,
Voyager 2 and Cassini–Huygens we now understand
the following -
- the rings are 173,000 miles in diameter, with a
thickness of less than 70 feet
- they consist of billions of pulverized particles that
range in size from specks smaller than a grain of
sand to boulders larger than a house
- the particles are comprised mainly of water ice
- they race around the planet, colliding into one
another in a cosmic roller derby
- and they move at speeds that range from 20,000 to
40,000 mph; that’s somewhere between 25 and 50
times faster than the speed of sound
for more on the rings, from the men and women
who study them, check out the video below
the above video is a brief excerpt of the History
Channel’s The Universe
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unsolicited advice is often unwelcome and resisted
it can imply that the advice-giver believes that he
has the superior knowledge; and in this way it can
be offensive to the listener
communications experts say that a listener is more
likely to be receptive to advice if he requests it
the experts also note that if we want to be of help
to someone who is struggling with a problem, there
is an effective alternative to unsolicited advice -
we can ask good questions - questions that help
the listener define the problem and identify the
resources needed to solve it
questions like,
What bothers you most about this situation?
What questions do you have?
What needs to be done?
What are your resources and limitations?
How much can you do?
How can someone be helpful?
of course, the fewer questions asked, the better -
a barrage of questions can be just as much of a
turn-off as advice that is unsolicited
the density of Saturn is lower than that of any planet
in our solar system
in fact, its density (0.687 g/cm³) is lower than that of
water (0.998 g/cm³)
which means that if Saturn were to be plopped in
some some vast mega-ocean
it would float
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why is it, indeed!?
what is that part of us, seemingly somewhere deep
within, that seems to never change, never age??
is it the Soul?, the Ego?, the Self? or nothing more
than an illusion arising from brain physiology and
functioning?
this question is worth pondering, and the answer
we arrive at says a lot about who we are
