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Adventures in lighting perception
Is this dish of cat food glowing under blacklight? My bionic eyeballs say no, but apparently that is absolutely not reality.
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I can see underwater!
Having new eyeballs means that I can see when I go swimming! It’s amazing! Also I got a new hat but I had to buy it online, and I’m grumpy about that.
Drifting smoke, mesmerizing
I burned some piñon in the garage last weekend while working on a project, and the smoke pouring out of the little casa chimney was mesmerizing, streaming out in overlapping sheets of warm and cool grey.
I got to see Stewart Copeland!
I GOT TO SEE STEWART COPELAND TODAY!!! He was on campus to teach classes and perform with the university symphony.…
Total solar eclipse
My brother and sister in law were in town for the total solar eclipse! It was one of the most…
This car has everything!
The dashboard and underhood of your car provide a constellation of symbols — much of the iconography is standard. The…
Retro playgrounds
Plaid Stallions has a fantastic collection of scanned images from toy catalogs and fashion catalogs from the 1970s, including a series from a playground equipment catalog. How incredibly cool is this spaceship! When I take my children to the park, I can’t get over how advanced some of the playground equipment has become but I also miss the charm of the 1970’s when a pile of concrete and galvanized pipe became a moon rocket or a giant octopus.
Math Camp Massacre!
Can anyone guess who the killer is?? Click here to watch!
tell me your troubles
hi, thanks for calling we give a shit, inc., the friendly customer service representatives who actually give a shit about your problems. we can’t really DO anything about them, but we know how to listen! tell me your troubles. has one of your utility companies blown you off? are you frustrated by a yellowshirt best buy employee who has no product knowledge about anything? did you get entangled in an automated answering system with no hope of finding your way out? go ahead, just let it out. you’ll feel better.