Ozy and Millie
Wisdom for short attention spans.
Over at my home station:
- The gay unicorn agenda July 26, 2017Did you catch the reveal of Max’s parents in this week’s strips? I’ve actually known all along that Max has lesbian parents. I’ve been waiting for years for it to come up organically. And it actually did in the forthcoming Phoebe and Her Unicorn In: The Magic Storm, which is due out in October. So […]Dana Simpson
- School Library Journal June 28, 2017SLJ’s Brigid Alverson interviewed me for a great article about LGBTQ representation in comics. I’m quoted in the article, but I said a lot more, and apparently it was interesting enough that she also published the whole interview. Read more →Dana Simpson
- I am a geek and these are my secret loves June 27, 2017I contributed a story to Dark Horse Comics’s The Secret Loves of Geeks. Some other amazing contributors, too. Check it out. Read more →Dana Simpson
- Music Monday April 17, 2017Scandanavia does many things well. Including songs. Read more →Dana Simpson
- Unicorn Crossing March 29, 2017Hooray! New book! Read more →Dana Simpson
- There’s No Place Like Home February 28, 2017I’m headed back to Seattle, land of my youth. And my early adulthood. And my early middle adulthood. Look for me at Emerald City comic con this weekend! Booth 512. The Collapsar booth. (Collapsar is a loose group of people I’ve been splitting an ECCC booth with for several years.)Â Read more →Dana Simpson
- Music Monday December 12, 2016I’m pretty sure I’m stealing that tradition from someone. Possible Atrios? I’m too lazy to check. This is my favorite REM song. Read more →Dana Simpson
- Friday Cat Blogging November 25, 2016Me: Hey, look how Sofia’s posed on the landing! It’s a perfect photo opportunity! *grabs phone, lines up shot* Sofia: Took too long! You snooze you lose. Read more →Dana Simpson
- At the end of the tour November 21, 2016Three weeks. Like 16 elementary schools and some bookstores too, from south of LA all the way up to Portland. And I met a LOT of incredible kids, and adults too. I’m still processing it all…thanks, everybody. Read more →Dana Simpson
- Upcoming appearances October 29, 2016As you can see on the left side of this page, I’ve got a couple bookstore appearances coming up. If you’re in the San Francisco Bay area or near Portland, Oregon, come out and see me! Read more →Dana Simpson
Technically, a galaxy could qualify as a perpetual motion machine… on a mortal timescale, at least.
On a mortal timescale? If it has appreciable gravity, it’s motion is perpetual, until it meets another body with appreciable gravity.
There’s no such thing as a perpetual motion machine on a human timescale. Either it runs forever or it runs for what amounts to only a very long time.
What definition of the word “machine” does a galaxy qualify for?
Nope. A teensy, tiny fraction of the gravitational force that keeps pulling the stars in the galaxy towards the center — i.e. what makes it spin in a circle — goes to various factors that end up letting the various bodies either drift outwards or spiral inwards, depending on various factors — and there’s no stable configuration where it will do neither. At some point, even if our galaxy doesn’t collide with another, each and every thing contained in it will either be absorbed by the black hole at the center — which will, in turn, evaporate due to Hawking radiation or some fancy physics thing — or be flung out into deep space, to slowly disintegrate as all matter eventually will, leaving the universe cold and dark and physically incapable of supporting any life whatsoever.
More like Dali in Millicent’s case
I had to google it to get the joke…”coach class” on an airplane.