Sloth... Continued
Today's post is a little earlier than usual because I have my account planning class tonight, The Burning Man ARTery crew is meeting tonight, and my wife is going there while I'm at school and then we're going to go home together. I'm going up to Seattle for the weekend. While doing research for another class, I did a quick browse for "Giant Ground Sloth", and pulled up the BBC site, the discovery site and a couple others of note. The proper name is Megatherium
The BBC page ) has a cool little quicktime animation of how the megatherium walked, and links to other information of the world in which it lived.
The most interesting page I came across was from a man who lives in Tabriz in Northwestern Iran. His page holds a theory that the gravitational pull on earth was not as strong during prehistoric times and that is why dinosaurs could grow to such sizes. Interesting theory, but I have to disagree. Since the Earth's mass hasn't changed any, why would gravity behave any different?
Now it is true that the earth's magnetic poles have changed throughout its history, but I don't know all that much about it. I have finals due and I can't go down that rabbit hole just yet.
Finally, yes, you practice going slow in tai chi so your body learns the movements correctly and can do them quicker when needed, because the muscle memory is there. It's also akin to the Japanese Tea Ceremony and all things Zen. You spend you time in contemplation of the moment.
Or so I was taught.
The BBC page ) has a cool little quicktime animation of how the megatherium walked, and links to other information of the world in which it lived.
The most interesting page I came across was from a man who lives in Tabriz in Northwestern Iran. His page holds a theory that the gravitational pull on earth was not as strong during prehistoric times and that is why dinosaurs could grow to such sizes. Interesting theory, but I have to disagree. Since the Earth's mass hasn't changed any, why would gravity behave any different?
Now it is true that the earth's magnetic poles have changed throughout its history, but I don't know all that much about it. I have finals due and I can't go down that rabbit hole just yet.
Finally, yes, you practice going slow in tai chi so your body learns the movements correctly and can do them quicker when needed, because the muscle memory is there. It's also akin to the Japanese Tea Ceremony and all things Zen. You spend you time in contemplation of the moment.
Or so I was taught.
posted by mediavore at
3:53 PM
2 Comments:
But what if the moment sucks? You have to have a way out of it, or you'll despair and go mad.
or so Ive been told. Must have something to look forward to.
< sigh > silly round eye,
zen is for kicks.
< buh dum bum >
but seriously folks,
All life is a series of moments, leading inexorably to oblivion.
So why sweat it? When your on the Titanic, order as much champaign as you can, and put it on your bill
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