Astrokitty event in Lawrence

Just got this from Joel:

Ben Rumback is having his first Astrokitty art show...featuring pieces inspired by his childhood loves: GAMING, SCI-FI/FANTASY, & COMIC BOOKS!

Learn more at www.benrumback.com about Ben and his work and his upcoming show! It's the first art showing Astrokitty is a part of, but we're very excited! Ben's detailed, pop-culture-driven pieces are an amazing response to the influences from his childhood. Affordable, one-of-a-kind, and locally-produced...Ben Rumback's works are your chance to get a piece of illustration history-in-the-making before this Chicago-bound artist blows up!

When:
Thursday Jun 07, 2007 at 8:00 PM

Where:
Astrokitty Comics & More
15 E. 7th St, Lawrence, KS 66044

Check Ben talking on local news about his show!

Astrokitty event in Lawrence

Just got this from Joel:

Ben Rumback is having his first Astrokitty art show...featuring pieces inspired by his childhood loves: GAMING, SCI-FI/FANTASY, & COMIC BOOKS!

Learn more at www.benrumback.com about Ben and his work and his upcoming show! It's the first art showing Astrokitty is a part of, but we're very excited! Ben's detailed, pop-culture-driven pieces are an amazing response to the influences from his childhood. Affordable, one-of-a-kind, and locally-produced...Ben Rumback's works are your chance to get a piece of illustration history-in-the-making before this Chicago-bound artist blows up!

When:
Thursday Jun 07, 2007 at 8:00 PM

Where:
Astrokitty Comics & More
15 E. 7th St, Lawrence, KS 66044

Check Ben talking on local news about his show!

yucca blossoms!

Back in this post, I asked "What is this plant?" It was six feet tall and looked like asparagus, but mostly what was weird was that the tall stalk had appeared seemingly overnight. It had never before grown a stalk in the three years I've lived in this house.

Well, I learned it's a yucca plant, and the reason it hadn't grown that stalk before is that yucca has a freakish life-cycle: In order to blossom (that's why the stalk), it has to be eaten by little moths.

Nature is freakish.

Anyhow, here's the end-result: beautiful blossoms!

Note: The picture doesn't do it justice. Looking at it now, it seems unspectacular; I should take another shot with me standing beside it to show scale.

Best,
Chris

yucca blossoms!

Back in this post, I asked "What is this plant?" It was six feet tall and looked like asparagus, but mostly what was weird was that the tall stalk had appeared seemingly overnight. It had never before grown a stalk in the three years I've lived in this house.

Well, I learned it's a yucca plant, and the reason it hadn't grown that stalk before is that yucca has a freakish life-cycle: In order to blossom (that's why the stalk), it has to be eaten by little moths.

Nature is freakish.

Anyhow, here's the end-result: beautiful blossoms!

Note: The picture doesn't do it justice. Looking at it now, it seems unspectacular; I should take another shot with me standing beside it to show scale.

Best,
Chris

robots!

You can thank erdnase2000 for this find:
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Chris

robots!

You can thank erdnase2000 for this find:
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</geek>,
Chris

Astro-image of the day: Saturn in infrared

I posted a snippet of Saturn's rings last week, I think. Here's more of the series of images sent by the Cassini probe. Saturn in infrared (red is warmer, blue cooler):

Click the image to see the story.
Best,
Chris

Astro-image of the day: Saturn in infrared

I posted a snippet of Saturn's rings last week, I think. Here's more of the series of images sent by the Cassini probe. Saturn in infrared (red is warmer, blue cooler):

Click the image to see the story.
Best,
Chris