Friday

We have achieved a tomato seedling! I think it's a Giant Belgian; it looks like it's on the "B" side of the tray as opposed to the "T" side (for Traveler). Not even any cotyledons yet; just the delicate arch of the stem emerging from the soil.

Here, have a couple of links -- over-enthused Olympics fan tries to paint his local Royal Mail box gold, and one-of-a-kind 1873 dime goes for $1.84 million at auction.

Vid Rec

From bironic, here is a new vid that seems particularly apropos in light of the Curiosity landing this week. Multi-fandom (and I do mean multi), set to Nicki Minaj's Starship, this is ... us, in a fantastic blast of exploration and life in a boundless universe, where there's always one more frontier on the horizon. There is so much going on here, and I just loved it.

Starships