1. We’re all made of stardust. The air that carried the Buddha’s words, the earth that touched Jesus’ feet, the tears and laughter of ancestors — we’re made of it all.

2. We radiate. You can’t see it without the help of equipment, but we do. Now you know that light is there, how much are you going to let it grow?

3. One of the most powerful and mysterious forces in the world is gravity (scientists are still investigating and trying to understand it). The other one, I think, is love.

I, of course, learned more practical ones too, like don’t put one hand under running water while holding an entirely metal knife in the other while it’s touching an electric pizzelle maker (that was literally shocking), but those three were my favorites.

How did you feel about science growing up? Did you ever discover lessons like these?

{first image from The Mountain, second image of 1000 Candles – an art work by William Mackrell, third image from yowayowa}

M was a groomsman in the wedding we went to over the weekend. As a gift, the groom gave him an engraved watch. But this watch was special because it was so incredibly geeky.

See what I mean? How many of those notations do you recognize? I got four of them right away (and others not at all).

Do you have any wildly geeky items like this?

{watch from Uncommon Goods}

“I love you” in binary, printed on a vintage book page. I love geekery like this.

{for sale in the wall envy art etsy store – they have lots of non-binary ones as well}