Thanks to today's horrifying entry on Cake Wrecks, I'm unable to extract this thought from my mind: 3D ultrasound imagery bears a rather unsettling similarity to memento mori photography.  (<-- not so safe for those with weak constitutions.  Oh, those death-obsessed Victorians and their spiffy new camera technology.)

Being as fascinated by death ( Read more... )

When I started my house hunt, I identified the #1 most important criteria for my dream house to be the number of bedrooms.  Even though I will be living alone and so won't need all that much space theoretically, I did recognize the need for at least three bedrooms: one for sleeping, one for a guest room, and one to serve as a library/office which ( Read more... )