Monkey See; Monkey Do

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Digging deeper, it turns out there is an entire NASA site devoted to displaying photographs of Earth, taken by astronauts. The opening page is fun, …

Imagine a book, vividly and somewhat bizarrely illustrated, written in a language for which there is no known translation. Imagine further that the pretext for the book is a travalogue or scientific study of an alien world … one that is a perverse reflection of our own!

You would have imagined Codex Seraphinianus, a …

The Atlantic Online has published an insightful article on the topic of introversion. Among other points, the article tries to dispel one myth: that introverts are, by definition, shy. Introverts suffer less from shyness than from simply not needing as much human interaction as other people, and especially not as much as extroverts.

Speaking …

I found a list of the best slogans seen at a recent NYC peace rally, and also a slideshow of some of the best posters (a couple are shown below; the photo above is taken w/the Danger Hiptop phone: click on the image to see more of the same):…

Sheryl’s mom, Laurina, was famous for her Swedish Apple Cake, which she brought to virtually every big family gathering. She got the recipe from Sheryl’s Aunt Harriet, and now custody has passed to me. I first made the cake a few years ago, and it’s been a big hit every time I’ve made …