I am a total sucker for “fortress of solitude” type buildings. There is some part of me that wishes I could just teleport myself to Mars, like Dr Jupiter, and build a place where I could do my thing and the rest of the world could leave me alone.
I generally ignore twitter. But sometimes, something happens there that just screams, “ignore me some more!”
There is a glass-worker on etsy who does lovely slumped glass viruses, bacteria, trilobites, etc.
I’m not sure if this is a rule of evolution, or not, but it seems to me that any niche that’s capable of supporting something, will get filled. Once the niche is filled, you then see various strategies: small, fast, high reproductive rate versus larger predators that invest energy in giant teeth and brains.
This is for any of you who’ve been part of a dysfunctional organization, and had to deal with someone who has whole-heartedly absorbed the marketing bullet points of ${something}.
This year, there are Biden/Harris signs; it’s not all Trump, Trump, Trump.
I’ve seen these before, hanging on a rack in the kitchen of a very shi-shi seafood place in New York. At the time, I did not realize what I was looking at, nor was I qualified to appreciate it.
I was thinking about “trolley car problem”s the other day and thought, “I have a friend who has kids, maybe I should give them a trolley car experiment playset for Xmas”*
I made a mistake, the other day. (“what, one?” I hear you mentally snark)
Update: The DVDs are spoken for; they are going to corrupt some youth!
A while ago, I auctioned off a “winner’s choice” gooby. So, here it is: