Friday, January 14, 2005

Black holes

I recently saw that scientists have revised a long-standing theory that black holes only suck in material. Apparently, they found one, six hundred some-odd Milky Way galaxies across, that is spitting material back out into space.
Now, what are the odds that a particle of matter would not only be drawn into a black hole, but subsequently retched out?
Better than you might realize.
Sumbitted for your approval, one Mr. Lamond Murray, professional basketball player. He's been traded twice in his career, once from the Clippers to the Cavaliers for Derek Anderson, and once from the Cavaliers (the sucky, pre-LeBron James edition) to the Raptors for a package including the incomparable Michael "Yogi" Stewart.
Murray has been sucked in and spat out by two black holes, one of the few players in league history who can count Donald Sterling as an owner and Randy Wittman as a coach.
There's a silver lining, however. Lamond Murray is a good enough player that the Cavs thought it essential to dump him to reach the latrine-duty status that allowed them to land James. I have to think Murray is flattered.

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