Imagine the North Star as you are sucked into a Black Hole  http://bit.ly/11Li2KB 

Just heard my cosmologist pal Lee Smolin on NPR defending the cosmologically heretical notion that "time is real."

@vaneeesa @neddings Maybe it _is_ the sister... LOL

There are 450,000 fewer U.S. college students than a year ago. Are the rest all taking MOOCs?  http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/05/17/data-show-increasing-pace-college-enrollment-declines … h/t @bryanalexander

So I have hired a special agent now:  http://twitpic.com/cr6kez 

Nxt week a MALE will arrive to live in my tiny room with me. Not sure how I will cope being in close proximity to this creature. Any advice?

@misosusanowa you have 666 followers.

@vaneeesa you could use this link to sponsor me. you should  http://m.virginmoneygiving.com/mt/uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage.action?userUrl=VanessaBartlett …

I'm not sure what is wrong with me, but I am starting to get really nervous about the half marathon on Sunday. WHAT IF I COME LAST?

Gurlywood Mall in #Inworldz is shaping up nicely. would like to see some more Neko stores tho. @constanzaiw

Should you wish to donate to my @stmungos half marathon fund, you can do so here. Go on, do a good thing.  http://m.virginmoneygiving.com/mt/uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage.action?userUrl=VanessaBartlett …

@vaneeesa Star Wars Fans commonly say "May the fourth be with you" on this day

Since when is Star Wars Day on our Memorial Day in the Netherlands ?

You ever worry that you might be too old to become a goth?

*yawns* Remind me why I got up this early to do something a normal person wouldn't .....

@wizardgynoid I prefer a broom - room for a cat.

An afternoon of frantic email writing and meetings ahead of me in Liverpool. The stress of preparing for a holiday almost puts me off going!

WTF Art Thou?:  http://wp.me/p1S3ej-1JG  via @ibtauris

I'm speaking at @performingdocs conference at @arnolfiniarts. Heres a preamble, about where websites go when they die  http://www.vanessabartlett.com/arts/performance/web-archiving-and-the-production-of-art-history-a-talk-at-the-arnolfini/ …

Panera Bread has the most refreshing mango smoothies!