Well I have been thinking about how there is no birthday for the universe. I mean Christians all agree that it was like 5 years ago but I mean really. . . has anyone attempted to figure this out??? Actually someone has and even if they are wrong. . . why not take the time to revere October 23rd as the Birth of the Universe. I mean certainly an exact date doesn't matter. It's the celebrations that matter! So what if he is a few billion years short???

So who figured this all out? Check it out here: http://www.holysmoke.org/cretins/martya.htm

In other news Italian scientists. . . no I didn't studder. . .they still exist. Italian scientists tihnk they have discovered how old our universe is and how much the universe is composed of matter, dark matter, anti-matter (oh wait that's from star trek), and all kinds of other stuff just by riding around on mo-peds and shooting laser beams at the French. . . well not exactly. Read on:

This is an excerpt from the article "The Universe Might Be Pill-Shaped" from cnn.com

Scientists in Italy base their proposal off data gathered by a NASA satellite known as the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP). This spacecraft is designed to scan the sky and measure the temperature of the heat left over from the Big Bang and now present throughout the universe in the form of microwaves.

So far data from this probe has helped nail down some of the most important details about the universe.

This includes the age of the universe since the Big Bang, at 13.7 billion years; the time when the first atoms formed, at 380,000 years after the Big Bang; and how much of the universe is made of either ordinary matter or the mysteries known as dark matter and dark energy, at roughly 5, 25 and 70 percent, respectively.

Now this is all very interesting to me but you might not give a rat's ass so I figure I'll just stick with the first part and say that on October 23rd I will be celebrating the birth of our universe. You can join me! To commemorate this occasion (I will learn how to spell commemorate) and also make some buttons or tee shirts or something else no one will buy. A link to follow.

Universe Birth Certificate:

Born: October 23rd, 13 Billion years B.C.
Weight: 7 googolplex lbs 8oz
Height: The size of a pin head
Father: The Almighty God
Mother: She was just eye candy. . . the father did most of the work
Birthplace: Butte, Montana
Other Information: At this time, nothing else is known

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