Tuesday, September 17, 2013

More TV Viewing

    

 
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While watching an episode of the 'Through The Wormhole,' series, I was surprised when Morgan Freeman asked, "If, according to String Theory there are nine other dimensions, why can't we see them?"

The best answer I can come up with is:

The nine dimensions of string theory cannot be detected by humans because they lack a sensory organ that can detect these dimensions.

The process of seeing objects requires eyes connected to a brain. The process of hearing sounds requires ears connected to a brain. The process of smelling a scent requires a nose connected to a brain. The process of tasting a flavor requires an array of taste buds connected to a brain. The process of feeling objects requires touch pads attached to nerves connected to a brain.

Therefore:

The nine dimensions of string theory cannot be detected by humans because they lack a sensory organ that detects these dimensions.

Or it might be that String Theory is a false theory. And there are no extra dimensions.

I watched another movie; it's title is The Book Of Eli. I must admit that I found the story to be utterly ridiculous. I continued watching it to the end for one reason, and that is not because Denzel Washington did his usual magnificent job of acting. He did.

No; the reason I watched the entire movie instead of turning it off halfway through was because of the compelling presence on screen of Mila Kunis.

God, she's a beautiful young woman
 


Here is another picture of Mila
 

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TRIVIA

Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

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HISTORICAL EVENT

On this day in 1983, 20-year-old Vanessa Williams becomes the first African American to win the Miss America crown. Less than a year later, on July 23, 1984, Williams gave up her crown after nude photos of her surfaced. Despite the scandal, Williams later launched a successful singing and acting career, including a featured role on the hit television sitcom Ugly Betty.

After winning the Miss New York title, Williams went to Atlantic City, New Jersey, to participate in the Miss America pageant. On September 17, 1983, Williams made history by becoming the first African-American woman in the pageant’s 63-year history to capture the Miss America title. (For the competition’s first 30 years, blacks weren’t even allowed to become contestants.)

In 1996 Williams appeared in Eraser, with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Soul Food in 1997 and in the 2000 remake of Shaft, featuring Samuel L. Jackson and 2004’s Johnson Family Vacation. Williams also racked up credits on the small-screen, including roles on the short-lived series Boomtown and South Beach. Since 2006, she has co-starred on the hit ABC sitcom Ugly Betty.

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WORD FOR TODAY

noetic
adjective
of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind; "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man"

In philosophy, noetics is a branch of metaphysical philosophy concerned with the study of mind and intellect. The term "noetics" has been employed by several authors who write about consciousness, spirituality and cosmology.
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CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS


John Ritter
(Sept 17, 1948 - Sept 11, 2003)
John Ritter was an American actor, comedian, and voice-over artist. Ritter was best known for playing Jack Tripper on the hit ABC sitcom Three's Company.

Ritter appeared in hundreds of films and television shows/episodes combined, including It (1990), Problem Child (1990), Problem Child 2 (1991) and Bad Santa in 2003. Prior to Clifford's Really Big Movie (posthumously released), Ritter received four Daytime Emmy Award nominations for his voice work on the children's television series, Clifford the Big Red Dog.

Ritter's untimely death occurred shortly after the production of an episode for the second season of 8 Simple Rules. He died of an aortic dissection on September 11, 2003. He is the son of famous country/western star Tex Ritter, and the father of actor Jason Ritter



Anne Bancroft
(Sept 17, 1931 - June 6, 2005)
 Anne Bancroft was an American actress. She made her film debut in Don't Bother to Knock (1952) and won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Miracle Worker (1962), receiving nominations for her roles in The Pumpkin Eater (1964), The Graduate (1967), The Turning Point (1977), and Agnes of God (1985). Bancroft's other acclaimed movies as a lead actress include Young Winston (1972), The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975), To Be or Not to Be (1983), and 84 Charing Cross Road (1987).

Later in her career, she made the transition back to supporting roles in films such as Point of No Return (1993), Home for the Holidays (1995), Great Expectations (1998), Antz (1998), Keeping the Faith (2000), and Heartbreakers (2001). She also starred in seven television films, the last of which was The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003).


 
Edgar Dean Mitchell
(born September 17, 1930)
Ed Mitchell is an American pilot, retired Captain in the United States Navy and NASA astronaut. As the lunar module pilot of Apollo 14, he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro Highlands region, making him the sixth person to walk on the Moon.



Nona Marvisa Gaye
(born September 4, 1974)
Nona Gaye is an American singer, former fashion model, and screen actress. The daughter of soul music legend Marvin Gaye and granddaughter of jazz great Slim Gaillard, she began her career as a vocalist in the early 1990s. As an actress, she is best known for her portrayal of Zee in the science fiction films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions.

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“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
--Groucho Marx

NASA TV
    

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