Today, I overheard an interaction between the following two visitors ( Read more... )

I am a crazy magnet. Seriously, I have more RANDOM conversation with complete strangers than anyone else ever seems to. Something about me says "Please, come to me, tell me your stories and/or problems". Part of it at least is that I seem to be physically incapable of not responding when someone is attempting to hold a conversation with me. I'd ( 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... )

Occasionally the conversations I have with visitors veer off-script and enter surreal-land ( Read more... )

Overheard this as I was walking past the dinosaur bone that we have out for visitors to touch. I'm sure there's a perfectly innocent explanation for it, BUT STILL.

FATHER TO SON: See, it says this is a femur, like the bone we have in our basement. Except that one's human.