Marty

David Bowie

“I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir.”

“You can neither win nor lose if you don't run the race.”

"I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.”

“...And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds, they are immune to your consultations, they're quite aware of what they're going through...”

“I'm not a prophet or a stone aged man, just a mortal with potential of a superman. I'm living on.”

“I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized to many people he is not a sex symbol, but a mother image.”

“We can be Heroes, Just for one day.”

"When you think about it, Adolf Hitler was the first pop star.”

"Is it Nice in your snowstorm- freezing your brain? Do you think that your face looks the same?”

"I Just Called To Say I Love You.”

“I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring.”

"He's a friendly and caring guy whom I really respect for his knowledge of touring. Not to mention my favorite brand of coffee is consistently backstage every night.”

“I told them I'd only do it if they got Arcade Fire to perform. They're fantastic.”

“I wanted to create an environment where not just my fans but all music lovers could be a part of the same community.”

Best Ever Map of Early Universe

The universe went through a traumatic growth spurt before it was a billionth of a billionth of a second old, according to the latest data from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP).

The probe has also given physicists their first clues about what drove that frantic expansion, and revealed that the cosmic "dark age" before the first stars switched on was twice as long as previously thought.

On Thursday, the WMAP team revealed the best map ever drawn of microwaves from the early universe, showing variations in the brightness of radiation from primordial matter. The pattern of these variations fits the predictions of a physical theory called inflation, which suggests that during the first split second of existence the universe expanded incredibly fast

That simple model should generate strong gravitational waves, which would leave their own distinctive imprint on the polarisation of the microwave background. If either WMAP or ESA's upcoming Planck satellite can detect a gravitational-wave signal, physicists will begin to learn why inflation happened, and that could have profound implications for fundamental physics.

Meanwhile, a slightly more prosaic puzzle has been solved. The original WMAP data suggested that the first stars started ionising gas after only 200 million years, seemingly leaving too little time for gas to gather into clumps and make stars. The new data show it did not happen for 400 million years – a long age of darkness, and plenty of time for the first stars to form.

A Tribute

We passed upon the stair
We spoke of was and when
Although I wasn't there
He said I was his friend
Which came as a surprise
I spoke into his eyes
I thought you died alone
A long long time ago

Oh no, not me
We never lost control
You're face to face
With The Man Who Sold The World

I laughed and shook his hand
And made my way back home
I searched for form and land
For years and years I roamed
I gazed a gazeless stare
At all the millions here I must have died alone
A long, long time ago

Who knows?
Not me
We never lost control
You're face to face
With the Man who Sold the World

A thought Part-2

Its only when my attention becomes fixated that I act like an unknown part rather than a knowing whole. When I favor my concious perception over my total awareness, I can no longer hear the guidance rhythem of one whole reality.

Calmness accompanies the whole. Fear accompanies the part. Intuition looks beyond the latest object of my concern to see the stillness of all outcomes.

It is sometimes said that each of us is ultimately alone. That idea is compelling not because of birth and death but because so often our moments alone seem more true, more real. The word "God" only begins to have meaning for me when I am alone. Or if not alone, so at one with another that there is no sense of a competing reality. God has no meaning for me in a discussion. I dont think religion is an attainable subject for the intellect. I can only believe when I am not talking about it.

A Thought