It’s true. At one point in my adult life, I dyed my hair blue. This graph should put the incident in perspective.

*These personal pie charts represent estimates and are only as accurate as is possible, given my poor powers of recall. They illustrate the “official numbers” on a given subject, as of the date of the post. Enjoy.

Happy anniversary, Sputnik. Has it really been half a century?

A few days ago, the New York Times Science section was devoted entirely to space travel in honor of the heavenly traveling companion’s 50th. The beautiful interactive-graphics and other multimedia content (like an mp3 of the “sound of the Sputnik”) are reason enough to grab a look before it’s all taken down, but there are also some interesting speculations about the future of space travel that are worth reading.

Run, don’t walk.

Two balloons battle it out in front of a gym in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. [in DograColor] [Silent]

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The crowd digs some Russian rock outside of Hank’s Saloon at the Atlantic Antic in Brooklyn. [in DograColor] [with Sound]

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Special walk-on appearance by Ms. Lydia S.

*These personal pie charts represent estimates and are only as accurate as is possible, given my poor powers of recall. They illustrate the “official numbers” on a given subject, as of the date of the post.