GARDEN HARVEST: In what can no longer count as news around here, we have tomatoes. Lots and lots of tomatoes.
We also have peppers turning color, but not ready for picking yet. Stay tuned for updates on those.
Below is a photo of today's harvest. To me, it screamed out 'make zucchini lasagna," and so, we did.
The kids picked and washed the tomatoes and picked, washed and chopped the basil and chives while I sliced up the zucchini.
We made a meat sauce with lots of onions and garlic, of course.
And boy did we enjoy it for dinner!
He's famously buried under this tombstone, which features Schrödinger's quantum mechanical wave equation.
One reason Schrödinger remains a familiar name to many is his thought exercise, "Schrödinger's Cat."
We checked out an explanation from famous scientist Brian Greene via World Science University. https://youtu.be/UpGO2kuQyZw
Frankly, even after watching that, we weren't sure we wrapped our minds around it, so we also checked out the "Minute Physics" explanation of it. https://youtu.be/IOYyCHGWJq4
FIZZY STUFF: I'll step aside for a moment and let CJ tell you a little story about the hazards of consuming questionable carbonated beverages. ...
A few months back, we went to an Asian grocery store in the extreme north of Seattle. One time, I noticed a can of soda labeled "SARSI," which said it was from the Philippines and was made by the Coca-Cola Company.
According to Wikipedia, Sarsi is sold in most of Southeast Asia. I was curious about the supposedly-sarsaparilla-flavored soda (it tasted more like licorice), and we bought it. However, when I opened the can, the drink started exploding and soaked my clothes and some of the car.
Later, on August 11, 2015, we went to the same grocery store. I noticed the Sarsi again, but this time, it was in a glass bottle and was cold. We bought it again, but had to go to a nearby thrift store to find (and temporarily borrow) a bottle opener. We opened the bottle, but the Sarsi exploded and we had to leave quickly.
By this time, we were sure that Sarsi was inherently explosive, because the incidents were months apart, were in different vessels, different temperatures, and with different ways of opening. After doing a bit of research, we discovered that, according to Wikipedia, a grenade disguised as a can of Sarsi is the central plot device of the 1985 Hong Kong film "Sheng dan qi yu jie liang yuan", or "It's a drink, it's a bomb!". This made us curious, and made us wonder, "Which came first: the movie about the Sarsi grenade, or Sarsi exploding?"
I personally think that Sarsi exploding came first, which led to a movie about a fake Sarsi can that's literally a grenade. Unfortunately, I was unable to find any relevant sources that had to do with the explosive power of Sarsi. However, I think Sarsi literally being a grenade in one movie is interesting, when you factor in the explosive potential of Sarsi.
The trailer for "It's a Drink It's a Bomb" is, unfortunately, available on YouTube. I would not recommend watching it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T-dItNB-iA
KUMA!!!!: This afternoon, while we worked around the house, the Mariners' matinee game spun on in the background. I knew they were up by a couple runs and honestly, I wasn't paying much attention until the middle of the seventh inning when I heard announcer Dave Sims note that Mariners' pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma had a no hitter going.
Well that got our attention.
We watched rapt through the next two innings, wondering if perhaps Kuma could manage a no no. Heck, they guy has never even pitched a complete 9-inning game before today.
But the eighth inning came and went with no hits, and into the ninth we went. Three outs later, Iwakuma became a part of MLB history, becoming the fifth Mariners pitcher to pitch a no hitter.
Go Mariners!
PERIHELION: Today, comet-chasing Rosetta and little lander Philae passed through their closest point to the Sun along their amazing journey.
We just love, Love, LOVE the mission's adorable illustrations of the spacecraft. They are so charming!
European Space Agency/Rosetta Mission
RENEGADES: The kids worked on a new-to-them song, "Renegades" by the band X Ambassadors. We found a "Papa Stache" tutorial on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBkpdiTsE4E that was quick and relatively easy, though the kids are going to have to work on the song's unique strumming pattern some more.. 
Maybe the Sarsi gets warm in shipment and the carbonation "boils out of solution". Cooling will not redissolve it. Or, it's supposed to be explosive. Funny.
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