Strings, Rings, and Other Things

I just went with some friends to the King Tut exhibit at Chicago's Field Museum today. It was pretty cool, but unfortunately I can't tell you anything about it: the small print on the back of my ticket says:

the holder is not allowed to transmit or aid in transmitting any information about the Event, including, but not limited to, any account, description, picture, video, audio, reproduction or other information concerning the Event (including pre and post Event activities).

I guess since it forbids sharing information about pre and post event activities, I shouldn't tell you about the Evolving Planet exhibit that we went to first. It was cool. (Oops! Forget I said that.)

But there's clearly something dangerous going on here; I think there may be some sort of mummy's curse associated with the exhibit. ( Read more... )

(Ok, so maybe this wasn't actually entertaining enough to merit a long blog post. Sure beats thesis writing, though.)