Friday, 19 October 2012

Thursday, 18 October 2012

Looks like a female and calf humpback whale just off Scarborough about 3/4 hour ago, with more further out breaching.

Looks like a female and calf humpback whale just off Scarborough about 3/4 hour ago, with more further out breaching. Very impressive.

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Been a while. Just felt like hearing it again.

Been a while. Just felt like hearing it again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViN6sdyd41g

The Sky Is Calling


Originally shared by Philip Plait (The Bad Astronomer)

The Sky Is Calling

My pal Kim Boekbinder is writing a music album based on SPACE and SCIENCE and ASTRONOMY! Which is awesome. She asked me to be one of her science advisors, which is also awesome.

She's funding the album via KickStarter, and I just wrote a whole blog post about it with links and music and my usual jackassery. So please read the post and then send tons of money to her because her music is cool.

Also? I love connecting art and science. It's a fantastic way to bring both to more people.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/09/the-sky-is-calling/

Thursday, 4 October 2012

Look familiar? This is just to you, Roslyn Smith


Look familiar? This is just to you, Roslyn Smith 

Originally shared by Wil Wheaton

This afternoon, while we were in between scenes during our run through, I asked Kaley and Jim if they’d take a picture with me for the Internet.

I expected Kaley to say yes (she’s all Internetty like I am), and I expected Jim to politely decline (he’s a very private person). I was very surprised when Jim not only said yes, but thanked me for including him.

I was just going to do the “turn the phone around and mush together” picture, but Kaley pointed out that those always look like you just turned the phone around and mushed together, so she got someone to take this picture for us.

You can see so much about how each of us is on the set in this picture: Kaley and I are goofing off like crazy, and Jim is just quietly awesome. I really love these guys. I’m so lucky they’re my friends. 

LeVar Burton is also in this episode, and when we were at craft service this morning, I said, “Check us out. 25 years later, we’re hanging out together in the morning at crafty. This is awesome.”

LeVar high-fived me and said, “it sure is, W.W.”

And I know I keep saying it, but I’ll say it again: this is awesome. I get to work with people I love making a show that I’m proud of, that is one of the most popular shows in the English-speaking world.

When you love what you do, the saying goes, it isn’t work … so I guess I wasn’t really at work today. I was at … play?

Whatever you call it, I’m grateful for it.