Sam Harrelson

cur-mudg-eon :: noun
A crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man.
“The curmudgeon would shake his cane at people who talked too loudly.”
Try to use this word at least twice today (without referencing Mr. Blackburn, Mr. Park or myself).

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TUCSON, Ariz. - Astronomers using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered a perfectly decorated Christmas tree 2,500 light years from earth. Scientists at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory said the remarkable star cluster gives them the first glimpse of newborn stars acting just as predicted - patterned geometrically and spaced according to density, temperature [...]

Was there a cat in the box I had in the classroom? Maybe.
Today’s New York Times newspaper has a great article about Einstein, Bohr and quantum theory. The main point is that we are still frustratingly very confused about how quantum theory works.
String theory only takes us so far, and Einstein’s dream of [...]

nu-ga-to-ry
adj. :: Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant.
adj. :: Of no force; inoperative; ineffectual.
“According to these highly-respectable witnesses, the minister, conscious that he was dying — conscious, also, that the reverence of the multitude placed him already among saints and angels — had desired, by yielding up his breath in the arms of that fallen woman, to [...]

From the Scientific American website:
"2005 has been a year of tempests both literal and figurative. Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma led a record pack of devastating storms; the issue of whether to teach intelligent design in the classroom went to trial; a celebrated stem cell researcher was revealed as a fraud; and the threat of [...]

This famous photograph was taken on Christmas Eve, 1968, by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders. It’s usually rotated by 90 degrees, but apparently this view is what Anders actually saw. (Don’t ask me how they know that.)

Peace on this tiny little ball!

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We studied the Greeks for a long while in the Fall. In the Spring, we will be looking at Isaac Newton and his importance most of the semester.
Today is his birthday… so, along with Merry Christmas, Happy Newton Day!
Here is a great post from a site I read everyday called 3QuarksDaily (nice name, too!). [...]

Stop playing on the internet… go play with your new toys!
Gosh.
Merry Christmas!!
Mr. H

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Merry Christmas to everyone!
Can Santa do the job tonight?
Leading scientists turn to the Laws of Physics to answer the question… and it appears that Santa can do the job and Christmas is saved!

http://www.physorg.com/news2487.html

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Agog: a-gog :: adj
Definition: Highly excited or eager.
“The fans were agog at the prospect of seeing their favorite band perform onstage.”
…or…
“Hammond students are always agog about studying electromagnetism in the Spring half of 8th grade Physical Science.”
Try to use this word at least twice today.

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