Christopher Vera's Mystic Nebula http://www.mysticnebula.com Studies in the natural, the unnatural and the supernatural. Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:56:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The book is out! http://www.mysticnebula.com/2012/04/22/the-book-is-out/ http://www.mysticnebula.com/2012/04/22/the-book-is-out/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:56:48 +0000 Christopher Vera http://www.mysticnebula.com/?p=171 “Transmissions to the Mystic Nebula” is my first work of poetry. Its self-published and you can check it out on Amazon. For more information visit chrisvera.com.

As for this site, I’m still planning to turn it into something special. I won’t be posting here often, but I soon I will dedicate more time to the Mystic Nebula!

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http://securityhaiku.com

]]> http://www.mysticnebula.com/2010/05/20/security-haiku-for-you/feed/ 0 To Calculate the Edges of a Polyhedral http://www.mysticnebula.com/2010/01/27/to-calculate-the-edges-of-a-polyhedral/ http://www.mysticnebula.com/2010/01/27/to-calculate-the-edges-of-a-polyhedral/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:18:48 +0000 Christopher Vera http://www.mysticnebula.com/?p=153 I’m sure this math is trivial to most statisticians, physicists and mathematicians, but some friends and I determined how to calculate the edges of any 3 dimensional polyhedral. We used my AD&D dice to verify.

(E * F) /2

where

E = the number of edges on a single face of the shape, and
F = the number of faces on the shape.

For example, a six-sided die has 12 edges, a 20-sided die has 30 edges.

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Check out this article I ran across on Poets.org called Poems about Aliens.

Ironically, if speculative poetry should ever become mainstream, and everyone starts doing it, we cutting edge poets may need to find even more bizarre topics to write about.

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Ant-eating Fungi

Yes, this is a dead ant with a fungal mushroom pseudo-pod coming out of its head. Its nothing like the video though. Be sure to check it out. All your ant are belong to us!

Thanks to geekologie.com for the pic.

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You won’t find the play-by-play moments of my day here. I wouldn’t dare bore you with that.

But I find Twitter is a great notepad to leave a thought that could in turn become a poem, a story or a work of art.

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A Sad Tradition
By Thomas David Vera II

The warriors moved slowly in the darkness
A melancholy mood was tangible in the air
slowly lining up, side by side
As far as the eye can see
Standing patiently, restlessly, still
The flashing lights slowly approach
The misty drizzle hits my face
It starts to collect like cold tears
A yell breaks the silence
The line of warriors snap to attention
Slowly arms raise to salute
My eyes drift to the eight somber faces
Accompanying the flag draped aluminum casket
Farewell my fallen comrade
The precession passes and salutes fall
The warriors disperse to go back to work
To go on living

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