I had to write this up for some homework tonight, and thought I would share. It’s a quick little thing about early warning signs of cancer.
This isn’t a comforting list, because a lot of these symptoms also accompany chronic disease, but it’s better to be aware of them and get them checked [...]
I was looking through the Flickr Commons for something (which I could not find), but ended up finding another thing which is so much better:
I mean, let’s be honest here. The photo above is probably one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. The experimentee even reminds me of Jack Nicholson in One [...]
We made it to North Palm Beach within a minimum of flight-related mishaps, and probably the maximum amount of sanity retained for any nine-hour aerial adventure.
This morning I stepped outside onto the warm bricks and wrote a haiku:
Mockingbirds, stray cat
Lizards scurry underfoot
Today will be hot.
And here is a video of our contrail shadow and a [...]
A while ago, I took some really gross photos of mold from a tupperware I found in the back of my fridge:
I was wondering what prevented the mold spores I inadvertently inhaled while taking these photos from implanting in my moist, dark lungs, and a friend (”FRIEND”) pointed out that nothing really does, so people [...]
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Here at the Beemouse Institute, we have ramped up R&D in our Food Research Division (FRD) lately.
FRD came up with a recipe they call “leaves and curds.”
Brew loose-leaf tea
Add cream
Wait for curds to float to top
Decide if you’re going to waste a cup of tea or just drink the damn thing
It is possible for the [...]
Thursday, December 11, 2008
I’m really digging this photo I took while walking to work last month…
Check out the contrail illusion on the left. The contrail is at a higher altitude than the [insert proper name for the lower altitude hazy clouds], so its shadow is cast down by the sun, which is of course WAY farther [...]
Let us take a moment to contemplate my “most viewed” flickr photo of all time:
Hmm. That’s me five years ago with a giant, itchy spider bite on my chin. If you google “spider bites” (without quotes), you’ll see me on page 6. I recommend careful consideration before looking at the first 5 [...]
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My friend Theresa is doing a 24-hour video game marathon as part of the Sarcastic Gamer Extra Life fundraiser, which benefits Texas Children’s Hospital.
The fundraising efforts end tomorrow. (“Computer: day of the week?” “Thursday”.)[1] That’s Friday, people! Theresa only has one day to make up the last $292 to meet her $2000 goal! [...]
Thursday, October 16, 2008
So look, I have been thinking about starting a web comic, but I have been feeling concerned about how my sense of humor is so weird that it’s probably not even funny to a lot of people, and I’ve sort of made my peace with that– and I also always end up thinking about XKCD [...]
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Here is a photo of a spider weaving her web:
I took it yesterday morning on the way to work. I caught her in the act, carefully dancing along the spokes of her web, pulling and touching her spinnerets to the proper places. I wonder if she needs all eight legs to do it [...]