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The World’s Population can fit and live within Texas

Posted: Tuesday, October 11th, 2005 @ 6:32 am in Science Tuesday | No Comments »

Welcome to Science Tuesday. Every Tuesday I will (well, I might) post some cool science-related fact.
Here’s a good one:
You probably didn’t know (or care) that the population of the world can live within the state boundaries of Texas.
You don’t believe me?
Proof:
Area in sq miles (Texas) 270,000 square miles
Convert this to square feet: 5280×5280=square feet in […]

Philip Glass performs Orion at the Ravinia

Posted: Monday, October 3rd, 2005 @ 10:17 pm in Life | No Comments »

This summer, I got a chance to see the American premiere of Philip Glass’ “Orion”.
This event was hosted at the beautiful Ravinia:

The concert was wonderful. There were more instruments that I couldn’t name than ones I could present. I even got Philip Glass to sign a CD for me!
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