So, uh, I just had to explain to my boyfriend (and keep in mind that this was set off by my library receipt, so he didn't see the cover) that Bone and Jewel Creatures was fiction, not an instruction manual for making sculpture with skeletons. And, all things considered, such as those two skulls I have, this wasn't that unreasonable assumption. ( Read more... )

Roommate: If you live this life again, I think you should NOT take that job at Borders. It's left you with a crazed book shelving compulsion ( Read more... )

Just in case anyone has missed this.

So the people I live with, plus a couple of our friends have decided to make a computer game. Guess who found out about this by discovering that she'd been "volunteered" to do all of the artwork? Oh well, I needed another project, and it promises to be pretty entertaining. We had a brainstorming session today during which I learned something about ( Read more... )

Note: I'm in the living room and can't see the kitchen, but sound carries between the two rooms ( Read more... )

Glorious Winter Holiday, everyone ( Read more... )

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We've gotten a roomba. My dear roommates named it Celia 2. I got lectured on calling the roomba an 'it' because I was hurting 'her' feelings. C2 is apparently deeply religious, which really, if we've learned NOTHING from BSG is that religion and robots aren't the best combination. A good portion of the evening was spent roomba training. The three ( Read more... )

It looks like the question of why the Egyptians mummified their dead is going to be similar to one about how the dinosaurs went extinct* in that everyone has their own theory. Today it was suggested that specifically, the mummies were wrapped up so much so that just in case they came to life, they wouldn't be able to walk. Which, you know, is ( Read more... )

So after the apocalypse has happened and humans have gone extinct, we shall obviously end up with animals that are similar to dinosaurs roaming the Earth again. These are not actual dinosaurs, in the Jurassic Park fun with unlikely DNA cloning sense, but merely resemble sauropods the same way that rhinos look kind of like triceratops due to the ( Read more... )