Omniscopic: A rich worldview

om"-nee-scop'ic - 1. A broad perspective on the sweet details. 2. Seeing the magical in the mundane, the sublime in the subtle... OK, so I made that up. But here you'll find small bites of big ideas by a medium-sized mind - stories drawn from across space and time to reveal a fresh new view of science and the natural world. If an ENFP's musings on science and nature with a smathering of gushy ramblings is not your thing, feel free not to read on...

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Encylopedia of Life

It's about time.

For more, see this Harvard hot-off-the-press release and check out EOL.

Thanks Shannon

Labels: encylopedia of life, EO Wilson, natural history

: Name: Rich Blundell

"Awed by nature ...and a little odd by nature"

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If you're wondering WHY, two things.

1. Speaking about science, Carl Sagan once said "When you're in love you want to tell the world."

And 2. the Carolina Wren teaches me a lesson. The smaller you are, the louder you need to sing

Meaningful things I hear when needed:

You've got to learn to live... ...with what you can't rise above -Bruce Springsteen, Tunnel of Love

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain... So Hit me with good music - Bob Marley, Trenchtown Rock

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles... - Jack Kerouac thx mary

"This will sound like jibberish... ...but I think I may be living a tragedy" - Harold Crick, Stranger than Fiction

"Un peu de science éloigne de Dieu, beaucoup de science y ramène." Translation: "A little science keeps you far from god, a lot brings you back to him" - A French saying

The sun is out. The Sky is blue. It's Beautiful, and so are you. Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play? - The Beatles The White Album

The way a crow shook down on me, the dust of snow from a Hemlock tree. Has gave my heart a change of mood, and saved some part of a day I had rued. - Robert Frost Winter Reflection

If I could talk I'd tell you. If I could smile I'd let you know. You are far and away my most imaginary friend. - The Lemonheads If I could talk

"Nothing in Biology makes sense, except in the light of evolution." - T. Dobzhansky Geneticist

"Rich, the best you can do, is usually good enough." - Leonard Trubia Surfer & Friend

To see a world in a grain of sand... and a heaven in a wildlflower. Hold infinity in the palm of your hand... and eternity in an hour - William Blake, Poet & Scientist"Auguries of innocence"

Not only will I end the war, but also the mentality that brought us to war." - Barack Obama Democratic Presidential Debate Jan. 2008

"My, my. How the world so dearly loves a cage." - Maude, "Harold and Maude"

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Oh Happy Day!

I know it's hard to see. You try to shoot a manatee with your cellphone sometime.

Playlist courtesy of Celebrating Sagan.

Favorite tracks: 9 & 17

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