Stannous Flouride's Book of Truthiness

At 6,637 by 3,787 pixels, this Hubble Telescope composite of galaxy NGC1300 is one of the largest ever created. Below I have inserted a smaller version but clicking on this link will take you to the original which shows incredible detail.

The Astronomy Picture of the Day caption:

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300 
Image Credit: Hubble Heritage Team, ESA, NASAExplanation: Big, beautiful, barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 lies some 70 million light-years away on the banks of the constellation Eridanus. This Hubble Space Telescope composite view of the gorgeous island universe is one of the largest Hubble images ever made of a complete galaxy. NGC 1300 spans over 100,000 light-years and the Hubble image reveals striking details of the galaxy’s dominant central bar and majestic spiral arms. In fact, on close inspection the nucleus of this classic barred spiral itself shows a remarkable region of spiral structure about 3,000 light-years across. Like other spiral galaxies, including our own Milky Way, NGC 1300 is thought to have a supermassive central black hole.

Everything is transitory or a transit story. Take your pick.

Reptilian wonders:

More odd signage and fun with words:

Lego fun and invention

More comics:

In the 1977 edition of the American Heritage Dictionary punk rock was given this wonderful definition:
Punk rock, n. A form of rock music characterized by a stabbing, insistent rhythm and simple, three-chord harmony, amplified sound, and lyrics that deal with subjects full of trouble and strife such as anarchy, alienation, violence, sex, drugs and teen-age rebellion.                                              Punk performers and their followers often adopt outlandishly vulgar behavioral patterns and clothing, often leading to acts of violence by performers and audience alike.

(Though accurate, I always thought it set the bar pretty high)
But considering it was probably composed a year or two earlier it stands up to these excerpts from the pamphlet shown below.

To those of us who were there, the images here are familiar but offer a pretty limited view of what the scene actually looked like. For every ripped t-shirt or pair of shredded tights there was a girl in a party dress or a guy in a white shirt and a skinny tie and home-made pegged pants.

In the days before Hot Topic, parent’s closets, thrift stores and hardware stores were our haberdasheries of choice.