"Sometimes it’s important to start with numbers. When it comes to inter-generational conflict, tied as it is to stories about Oedipus and Hamlet, numbers help ensure we’re speaking of a particular relation rather than a mythic archetype."

Malcom Harris is quite right, and provides all kinds of useful numbers* in his article Arms and Legs, but I want ( Read more... )

(This post should actually be called “Why I think some Modern buildings are made of awesome, especially the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.” But that’s rather long and wishy washy for a title. :p )

( This is all under a cut because the number of photos may kill your computer. Sorry. )

It's hard to keep from comparing this weekend's earthquake in Chile with the recent earthquake in Haiti.  That's what we human monkeys do, we look for patterns.

As I (clumsily) mentioned on matociquala 's post, I'm rather glad that people are.  There was something I wanted to say back when everyone was rallying to help Haiti, but I wasn't sure how to say it ( Read more... )