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February12012
January312012
Piston bookshelf by mattjohnsondesigns on Etsy
How gorgeous is this shelf? I mean seriously. Seriously! According to the description, the one pictured has been sold but the artist can custom make you one. For more amazing recycled pieces of art visit the rest of Matt Johnson’s Etsy Shop. Serious coveting going on right now.
Also, the piston table (click the link to his Etsy shop). Outstanding creations. And I would get at least two of those shelves. *saving for future reference*
(via teachingliteracy)
January302012
(via msadventures)
January292012
GOP before and after OWS
They haz logic.
Two months later: “Occupy What Street? I have Traditional Family Values as a Washington Outsider with Executive Experience to bring the Free Market to the job market by putting States Rights before Big Government for my constituents instead of Special Interests, which makes me the ideal candidate to rekindle the American spirit of Rugged Individualism so that Job Creators can Trickle Down their Economics…”
(via thatpoliticaldude)
January282012
(Source: princeofprocrastination, via bugseatbooks)
January272012
(Source: theoriginalbee, via thatpoliticaldude)
January262012
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK
(weekendtimes)
(Slightly-old meme. I’m clearing out my drafts.)
12PM
“Wait, wait, can I get an example of this?”
She looked across the 3D mapping table cluttered with terrain pop-ups and infographs; his hand cupped a small, red warning label. “How many examples do you need?”
He blanched. “One is enough.”
She shook her head. “One is never enough.”
January252012
Fic Writing Meme
Tell me about a story I haven’t written, and I’ll give you between one and three sentences from that story.
January242012
(Source: thepocketuniverse.com, via tastefullyoffensive)
January232012
Santorum: No One Has Ever Died Because They Didn’t Have Health Care
Ditto. [referring to GIF with Misfit’s character giving the middle finger.]
Sadly, I can actually think of some specific people I’ve come into direct contact with whose lack of appropriate health insurance directly affected their health, quality of life, and access to medical treatments. And I say this as a healthcare provider (as opposed to, say, a deliberately ignorant political candidate).
Meanwhile, the news keeps featuring politicians going on and on about “justifiable” wars and other extreme expenses when every day I see my under-staffed* facility struggle to care for some of the most vulnerable people in this country. It’s a highly visible, potent reminder of where our priorities are as a nation.
Speaking of priorities: Why does death have to be the metric here? Isn’t quality of life enough? People lose teeth because they don’t have adequate health insurance, or they die from preventable dental diseases. A NY Times blog says people without insurance are less likely to have chronic illness under control (in this case being diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol). Illness can be the difference between barely making it and being homeless.
But I’m obviously and totally biased because I deal with this sort of thing every day.
*Sad this is, my department is “adequately” staffed - as in, when everyone is present-and-accounted-for we have a full, fast-paced day. If someone is out and no-one can come in to cover, we have an insanely crazy WTFBBQ day. As for the understaffed department, I understand that they have more people than other facilities in the area. That’s scary and depressing.
3PM
Uncovering Unseen Treasures of the World's Museums
BoingBoing wants YOU to visit your local natural history and science museum and send them pictures of your favorite exhibits. What do they mean to you? Are there hidden treasures of nature and science that the world needs to see?
GO!
So here’s my challenge to you: Visit your local science and natural history museums, photograph your favorite exhibit, and send me the pictures—along with any nifty information you picked up from reading the labels and signs. I’m at maggie.koerth@gmail.com. What beloved specimen do you want the world to know about?
Ooh, this is a real possibility for this week. :3
January222012
Shit Everybody Says to TALL Girls.
“Can you do the tall thing?”
January212012
Kickstarter: Victorian Candy Equipment
Lofty Pursuits is trying to purchase 19th century candy making equipment to restore and put to use in their shop in Tallahassee, FL (There interesting pictures of the equipment at the Kickstarter page.). Usually I see the remnants of historical candies: vintage boxes under glass in antique shops and crumbling sugar in old wrappers. I once got to have locally made early 19th century-style candy (cherry berry pairs, much like having two hyper-sweet lollipops) on a historical tour, and it was just a fun to watch the candy being made as it was to eat. This is a bit more modern and mechanized, but no less “lofty” in their pursuits of confection:
The equipment we will be getting is a candy press and 19 sets of interchangeable candy rollers made between 1860 and 1890. This is one of the largest set of rollers surviving. This is a single chance to rescue this equipment from gathering dust in a private collection or in a museum, and to restore it to candy production. The last owner of the candy part of this business has this original equipment, probably purchased for the firm around 1885. The current owner has worked hard with us to sell it to us at a price we can afford. He has turned down other offers that were more than ours where the machines would be in private collections or on display. Instead he accepted ours, because he too wants the machines to stay in use making candy. We will be acquiring 19 sets of drop rollers and a frame for them that were made by Thomas Mills and Brother of Philadelphia PA.
This is also the first Kickstarter project I’ve contributed to. :3 I hope this signal boost can help them get closer to their goal.
January202012
“The Net interprets censorship website take-downs as damage and routes around it.” - Anonymous
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