by Megan Durham | Jun 27, 2011
In the midst of all the moving/flash mobs/Pride/get togethers that this weekend was full of today’s update is delayed until later tonight. But fear not! I have a wonderful link for you all to follow- from one of my very favorite websites. ...
by Megan Durham | Jun 24, 2011
There’s a song that’s been on the radio that I hate- not because it’s a bad song, but because it draws on a story and tradition that I absolutely detest. Now, there are few things I can say that I actually actively hate, after all, my momma taught me not to say you...
by Megan Durham | Jun 22, 2011
Note: This entry will not feature any pictures of me in said festival for obvious reasons. Instead, please enjoy classy pictures of cats in hats. All pictures link to their original source. Credit The more time I spend in Seattle the less I find that I measure...
by Megan Durham | Jun 20, 2011
Most of us tend to believe that our moods are based on real, tangible things. Things like our commute, the amount of money we have, how we’re feeling, or whether or not the weather outside has finally changed to something associated with...
by Megan Durham | Jun 18, 2011
And Sarah’s pictures are finally up from Mexico! Check them out, she’s an amazing photographer currently living in the Chicago area. As I said, our patio at the Sonoran Spa in Rocky Point was gorgeous. I almost couldn’t breathe the first...
by Megan Durham | Jun 16, 2011
I have returned from the dusty Mexican borderlands my hair a shade lighter and my skin several redder (I don’t get darker… at all). And while not all of Rocky Point is as pretty as this, the place I stayed with my parents was pretty damned gorgeous. Oooooh,...
by Megan Durham | Jun 13, 2011
It’s probably no secret to anyone on this website that I enjoy researching strange topics. Heck, most of the reason why I started this blog in the first place was because I realized that I was starting to annoy my friends/relatives/co-workers/fellow...
by Megan Durham | Jun 8, 2011
I don’t understand all those self-help books and articles that promote life-long learning as if it’s something special. How can someone continue living and not continue learning? Every day seems to be filled with an adventure of new things to...
by Megan Durham | Jun 6, 2011
To continue last Monday’s discussion on names, scientists get a bad rap for not being creative. Richard Feynman, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist once told the following story:“I have a friend who’s an artist and has sometimes taken a view which I...
by Megan Durham | Jun 3, 2011
“Occasionally, legend and reality unite in the form of some remarkable soul who, through peculiarity or chance, assume a role resembling the mythical characters we read about in childhood’s fairy tales. The Old Leatherman was one of these.”-Researcher Allison...
by Megan Durham | Jun 1, 2011
Seattle, have I told you recently how much I love your graffiti? I really think that this is one of my favorites. Well… I guess so… This mermaid is armed and dangerous.
by Megan Durham | May 31, 2011
It turns out that names are important. Everyone’s heard of the Great Depression, that worldwide economic trend covered so evocatively by Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, or To Kill a Mockingbird. But what about the Long Depression? No?Previously called...
by Megan Durham | May 27, 2011
With the weather turning nicer I have even more excuse to go traversing Seattle looking for interesting street art. Here are some of my recent finds! First of all, there’s apparently a pretty militant bike culture in Seattle… Two versions of gas mask...
by Megan Durham | May 25, 2011
To the surprise of very little people here in Seattle, the rapture didn’t occur. But maybe that’s because we’re all just godless atheists. Certainly there are people who think so. At the same time Seattle is one of the few places where a poster...
by Megan Durham | May 25, 2011
More later, but here’s the alt text from today’s XKCD: Wikipedia trivia: if you take any article, click on the first link in the article text not in parentheses or italics, and then repeat, you will eventually end up at “Philosophy”. It...
