mgouker - Michael Gouker - Poet/Philosopher/Novelist

#HarryPotter, #JKRowling, #Movies / mgouker

Saw Harry Potter Deathly Hollows. Here is my patronus: And you thought I was Tom Riddle?

You can go explore the Milky Way now from your computer. It’s interactive. http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/Interact/MilkyWay

#Me, #Photo / mgouker

50-year-old me:

#Coasters / mgouker

This is where we were on my 50th Birthday! 420 feet high. 120+ miles per hour. Top Thrill Dragster

Intimidator 305 – Our next target!!!

#Coasters / mgouker

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6ysbTJyRbPxeFVvVTNWeUYwOVU

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HAPPY NEW YEAR! Meatstick 12/31/2010

#Music, #Phish, #ThePhish / mgouker

https://vimeo.com/18358933

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X2 Coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain

#Coasters, #Travel / mgouker

This is the entrance to X2, one of my favorite coasters. Here I am in front of the metal and the danger sign.

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#KanyeWest, #Music / mgouker

So here I am a jamband aficionado getting off on Kanye West’s new album: Why? Oh, because it’s good. That’s all. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14880-my-beautiful-dark-twisted-fantasy/?utm_campaign=search&utm_medium=site&utm_source=search-ac

#NASA, #Science / mgouker

So, one time back in the 80s, the son of a slave who wore no shoes was having a conversation with me on a porch in Sapucaia, RJ. We were talking about the moon, which was shining in the sky. I asked him if he knew that man had gone to the moon and he

#DavidGans, #Music / mgouker

This is David Gans singing “Back to Eugene”. Thanks to Stan Weis.

#Music / mgouker

All Songs Considered is one of my favorite musical blogs: http://www.npr.org/2010/11/30/131678272/the-albums-we-missed-in-2010 This is a great place to find new music that you may have missed.

#Coasters, #Travel / mgouker

This is my favorite coaster at Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure. THE INCREDIBLE HULK!

#RaceRelations, #Science / mgouker

An interesting lesson about discrimination: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/

#Politics / mgouker

The American military is in 70 countries as of June 30, 2009. Isn’t that a few too many? http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/2009/hst0906.pdf

Finally got to see The Heavy Pets

#HeavyPets, #KanyeWest, #Music / mgouker

The Heavy Pets.

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#Science / mgouker

The universe is a hologram concept was conceived to explain how information that is sucked into a black hole can perpetuate. Consider this. You are next to a black hole. I am beside you. You get sucked inside. I know you are inside because I am outside and you are inside. That’s real, right? No.

#Politics / mgouker

Vote: “The price good men (mg: & women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” — Plato

#Music, #Phish, #ThePhish, #Travel / mgouker

Saw Phish again. First time in 6 years.

Quantum Information Technology Gets a Hand From String Theory

#Science / mgouker

The same math that is needed to describe the interaction of Qubits that are quantum entangled is found in the description of black holes in string theory. Synchronicity. http://www.wired.com/2010/09/stringy-quantum/

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#Science / mgouker

The front leg of a Dytiscus water beetle. The structures on left and bottom are hair and the “large” structure top-right is a suction cup.