Working tonight on this photo, it reminded me of an Athlete song by the same name:
You got wires going in
You got wires coming out of your skin
There’s dry blood on your wrist
Your dry blood on my fingertip
Down corridors, through automatic doors
Got to get to you, got to see this through
First night of your life, [...]
Last night, I was sitting in bed watching a show, and Jess was in the bathroom doorway next to me messing with the dogs. She was giving them each a taste of toothpaste smeared on their noses (they absolutely love it; silly dogs). We had a good laugh about it, and I looked back to [...]
Every heard of a freegan? Me either, until I read an article in the Rocky Mountain News about them/the movement/the subculture. Here’s part of the intro from Freegan.info:
Freegans are people who employ alternative strategies for living based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources.After years of trying to boycott products [...]
The British resort town of Brighton is deploying extra police during full moons, convinced of a link between the lunar cycle and violence.The seaside city on England’s southern coast is adopting the new approach after reviewing crime statistics for the past year, Sussex police said Tuesday.
“Research carried out by us has shown a correlation [...]
It’s natural for animals, including humans, to alter behavior in response of a perceived risk. You lock your doors, roll up windows, and maybe even turn down your stereo (trying to be as inconspicuous as possible) when you get stuck at a light in the seedy part of town. You hit the brakes instinctively when [...]
Picked up a new book the other day called Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast, by Lewis Wolpert. I’ll keep you posted on how interesting it really is, but the premise is promising.
Why do we avoid walking under ladders or breaking mirrors? Why do many people believe that illness is related to wrongdoing? Wolpert, a professor [...]
I saw this on a sign at Jimmy John’s sub shop today:
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you [...]
..are we all the same? Discover magazine had a quick blurb about a theory popular among “liberals, Buddhists, and various other types of hippies” that all human beings are all intrinsically the same. Cannibalistic tribesmen from the bush to the jetsetter crowd with their designer handbags and lattes… according the theory, are all the same; [...]
Category: theory