Paying attention to things on the ground

[monroe_the_fast]

I've been paying a ton of attention to things on the ground. I've found at least four hats in the last two weeks. One, I am wearing now, another is perfect for my nephew, with a T-rex chasing a triceratops, so I took it home and washed it. Left the other two. And I've found as many scarves. In the course of a day's walking I'm bound to find at

Comments

[blithesomely]

This is such an adorable tale!
I wish you the best of luck with the officers, if you ever come in contact again.

We are over 1% done with 2009! Isn't that scary?

[monroe_the_fast]

That's insane! I'm glad you're around to notice things like that and frame them the way you do.

[the2minh8]

Police do a lot of things routinely that would cause evidence discovered in that manner to be inadmissible in court. For example, searching the contents of your camera without reasonable suspicion that it contained a weapon and without probable cause that you had or were committing a crime. Try not to let it get to you. For the most part police are just trying to do their job--maybe it would make a difference if you told them that you're a legitimate artist working on a study of found beauty and other curiosities.

[monroe_the_fast]

Legitimate? But I'm not earning money yet.

[the2minh8]

Legitimacy and making money aren't equivalent or even necessarily related. The point is, you're engaged in artistic endeavors and not anything criminal, dangerous or even ill-intentioned.

[biscuitboy]

Finding hats and scarves on the ground, taking them home and washing them was a way of life for me back in Williams. Seriously. Also, I sent your package and check yesterday morning.

[monroe_the_fast]

Most excellent. I may be able to finish the icosahedron, now that I have access to a whole wood shop.

BTW how's the banjo practice going?

[biscuitboy]

It would be really cool if you could finish it. The reason the pieces don't fit together really well is because I cut the triangular faces with my dad's compound miter saw. The weight of the cutting assembly (I later noticed) caused it to deflect by maybe half a degree, so that what is supposed to be a 60 degree angle for the equilateral triangle actually may be 59.5 or 60.5-ish. This is probably fine for most woodworking, but when you are trying to make a 20-sided 3-D figure that folds together, accuracy seems to be more critical

[monroe_the_fast]

What is the angle of the bevel for the pieces? If you happen to know the angle at which I should bevel pentagons for a dodecahedron, that would be handy, too.