All all of us in the email world know that the act of ending of an email with the perfect "signature" can break down a human spirit quicker then the time it takes to run to your mirror and shout, "Why do I feel this unnatural social pressure?!"

This obviously does not apply to those who are still unsure about using "The Facebook" and other interweb foolishness.

For those interested however, some basic rules of thumb courtesy of The Hairpin:

The first thing to know is that this sign-off (the closing word or words at the end of your missive) is more properly called a “valediction.” Derived from the Latin vale “goodbye” + dicere “to say,” it’s the opposite of a salutation. Now that you're feeling fancy, we can get down to brass tacks.

When you're feeling aloof: "Regards"
Ending your message with a bare noun like this shows you to be calm, collected, and a little bit bitchy. These regards aren't particularly good. These regards aren't particularly bad. These are just some regards that happen to exist, like a point in mathematical space.

Alternatives: "-[Your name]"

When you're writing to Lord Voldemort: "I beg to remain, Sir, your most humble and obedient servant"
Who are you? Sit down, you're embarrassing me.

Alternatives: "xoxoxoxo"

When you're feeling rly kewl: "ttyl"
Don't use this.

When the stress of selecting an appropriate valediction gives you shingles: "Sent from my Blackberry"/"Sent from my iPhone"
If you want a way around this whole valedictory business, consider cheating and making “Sent from my [smartphone of your choice]” your default email signature.

Alternatives: This is a chance for you to pretend to have the smartphone of your dreams. Don't be afraid to make something up! "Sent from my Talaria." "Sent from my EnVoyer." "Sent from my iBox."

When you're feeling too cute for words: "Signed, Sealed, Delivered"
I'm yours.

Alternatives: None needed. You've reached the pinnacle.

The Range got a chance to mingle some of the UA College of Science’s upcoming talent at a reception at Etherton Gallery last night.

We hope to tell you more about the scientists—who are studying everything from how our memory works to the measurement of atoms—in the upcoming weeks, but we wanted to share a bit of news announced by College of Science Dean Joaquin Ruiz.

It appears the school will soon be opening a exhibition in the Rialto Building on Congress Street and Fifth Avenue. The space currently has a display of authentic replicas from King Tut’s tomb and has previously been home to Bodies: The Exhibition and artifacts from the Titanic.

Ruiz tells us he’s anticipating a long future in the Rialto Building. The first year will focus on the planetary sciences. Given all that the UA Lunar and Planetary Lab has done in outer space, there’s no shortage of material available, including those cool Mars photos that we keep posting here on The Range.

The downtown digs are not quite the science center that the UA tried to get off the ground as part of Rio Nuevo, but it’s a start—and another sign that downtown is, at long last, on the rebound.

Speaking of HiRISE, TW intern Allie Leach tracked down the above photo of the Bakhuysen Crater, located in Noachis Terra. The HiRISE Science Team tells us:

Large impact craters often have pits on their floors. Some of these (with raised rims) are later impacts, but some are thought to originate immediately after the crater forms when slurries of molten and broken rocks occupy the crater floor.

Bakhuysen Crater, located in Noachis Terra, is thought to be the largest crater that possesses (and has preserved) these pitted materials.

For more on HiRISE, click here.

Sonora Review, University of Arizona's graduate-student-run literary journal, is celebrating the release of their 60th issue at The Poetry Center this Thursday, August 25th, at 8pm. Come on out and help them celebrate! A suggested donation of $5 is appreciated.

More from Sonora Review:

Sonora Review 60 is coming at you with its tongue wagging like a happy dog who just wants to roll around on your floor and make cute faces at you and make you make cute faces at it. So come rub Sonora Review’s belly at the University of Arizona Poetry Center for a benefit and/or release party, but mostly an awesome reading containing the following individuals/things we love:

* Excerpts from the new issue read in dulcet tones
* Ander Monson and his always surprising facial hair
* Kate Bernheimer and Brent Hendricks, Tucson's literary power couple
* Tenney Nathanson of POG and U of A fame
* Jane Miller, eternal fountain of beauty and truth
* Lit mag swag (our new issue, our old issues, broadsides, etc. etc.)
* Sonora Review Madlibs

Somebody will be dressed in tattered clothes at the door with an open guitar case asking for small donations, but this is merely a 'suggested donation'; mostly, we just want to see your beautiful faces, and you want to see our beautiful faces, so let’s gaze at one another and swoon.

For more information, call 626-3765.

"Untitiled (Ascending Butterflies)" by Gerben Mulder is on display in The Tucson Work, through Sept. 18, at the Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art, 265 South Church Ave.

Start the school year off right, and impress your friends by learning how to draw anime and manga, (the Japanese word for comics). Try your hand at these two, awesome Japanese illustration styles with a free class—the Worlds of Imagination Manga Drawing Workshop—presented by Briget Wilde on Sunday, August 21, from 2-3 p.m., at the Murphy-Wilmot Library (530 N. Wilmot Road). While the class is free, space is limited, so call 594-5420 to register.

"Birds Eye View" by Kevan Schlamowitz is on display in Hummingbirds, through Sept. 12, at Tohono Chul Park, 7366 N. Paseo del Norte.

Here's what New York Times comic artist, Brian McFadden, had to say about the recent debt-ceiling decision:

To check out more of McFadden's comic strips, click here.

"Blue Throated Hummingbird," by Narca Moore Craig, is on display in Hummingbirds, through Sept. 12, at Tohono Chul Park, 7366 N. Paseo del Norte.

"Night Bloom No. 7," by Gerben Mulder, is on display in The Tucson Work, through Sept. 18, at the Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art, 265 South Church Ave.

The New York Observer has an interesting article up about a Phoenix-based comic book artist, Shawn Demumbrum, who is raising money to fund his newest comic book project inspired by Smiths songs. The article gives a shout-out to Tucson (even though they spelled it incorrectly) as Demumbrum hopes to premiere his series at Tucson's Comic-Con in November. Here's more:

In the latest Smiths-related news, a comic book creator in Phoenix, Shawn Demumbrum, has started a Kickstarter page to raise funds for a comic book series that is influenced by various Smiths songs. The premise, Mr. Demumbrum says on the Kickstarter page, is simple: “What story plays in your head when you listen to your favorite Smiths song?”

The series is called Unite and Take Over—a lyric from “Shoplifters of the World Unite”—and Mr. Demumbrum hopes to launch it at the Tuscon Comic-con in November. So far there are 27 backers and the group has raised $945 of their pledged goal of $3,000. They have until September 11 to raise the rest of the money.

We think you should probably support this project.

Some of the stories include “Girlfriend in a Coma,” “Pretty Girls Make Graves,” “Handsome Devil” and “Cemetery Gates.” We were hoping for a little “Shakespeare’s Sister,” our favorite Smiths song, but we’ll accept “That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore” and get on with our lives.

We personally believe Morrissey’s lyrics are perfect fodder for comic book adaptation. Vivid with only a small amount of exposition and dialogue, they are also dramatic and whiny, traits a number of comic book superheroes also exemplify. Remember all those times when Peter Parker decided he wanted to quit being Spider Man? Or when Cyclops got all broody after Jean Grey died for the first time? Well, maybe you’re not a comic book nerd, but, you know, give a little anyway. Check out Unite and Take Over’s blog here.