Just an Earth-Bound Misfit: The Rantings of an Aging, Armed, Pinko Chick

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Hey, Batter, Batter!

Suppose that a pitcher could throw a baseball at 90% of the speed of light.

What happens next might surprise you.

4 comments:

Mule Breath said...: All these may years I've been trying to get to first base, and I always get burned. Now I know why. It's the pitcher's fault.; 7/10/2012 6:44 PM
Sarah said...: Amusing. I thought I'd be reading about time dilation or some such.

Here's a similar scenario from the viewpoint of the pitcher... or perhaps the viewpoint of the 0.9c ball... or perhaps from no viewpoint at all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vUhSYLRw14; 7/10/2012 8:29 PM
Fixer said...: As long as you get to first base. Heh ...; 7/11/2012 2:29 PM
Cujo359 said...: All this time physicists have been messing around with magnetic bottles and lasers, and they could have just given Justin Verlander some steroids.; 7/12/2012 2:27 AM