chock full o' random

[zanzjan]

Facebook tidbits:

1) For those interested, there's a Save Realms of Fantasy group.

2) Is anyone else unhealthily obsessed with Green Patch? It's like virtual crack to my borderline-OCD-obsessive-collector-self: "OMG! OMG! I don't have a Venus Fly Trap!" (panics and dies) Strangely, I just don't care about the Blue Cove.

Other stuff:

3) Does anyone know if there's any specific code in terms of having to have a hand-rail on a particular side of a stairwell? My basement stairs is closed w/ a rail on both sides and I want to take out one of the rails to facilitate installing a baby gate there.

4) Does anyone know enough physics and have the patience and time to walk me through figuring out some fairly specific things about the behavior of my planetary system? I'm not looking for someone to do it all for me, but I do need guidance (and possibly math skills beyond my own.)

5) Anyone have a variety of rose they are particularly fond of and would like to see referenced in a short story?

Comments

[prusik.livejournal.com]

I haven't read it, but World Building by Stephen Gillett and Ben Bova may cover what you need. (Apparently, you're supposed to take the title literally.) Also, maybe Kepler's laws of planetary motion?