Dark Roasted Blend: The Most Alien-Looking Place on Earth
This collection of photos of Socotra Island is an excellent view of one of the more unusual spots on Earth. I’d never heard of it before now, but just look at those plants! It’s like a Dr. Seuss world.

Dark Roasted Blend: The Most Alien-Looking Place on Earth

This collection of photos of Socotra Island is an excellent view of one of the more unusual spots on Earth. I’d never heard of it before now, but just look at those plants! It’s like a Dr. Seuss world.

Clue Premier Edition
Quite possibly the best-looking board game ever. Yes, please.

Clue Premier Edition

Quite possibly the best-looking board game ever. Yes, please.

The Daily Show writers may, in fact, be smarter and more resourceful than all the rest of us put together. Brilliance. (via Sarah Palin Gender Card | The Daily Show | Comedy Central)

“ In any case, the collider won’t be in a position to create any type of black hole for months. The scheduled Sept. 10 turn-on would circulate only one beam of protons around the LHC’s 17-mile-round ring at low energy. The first low-energy collisions won’t occur until at least a month from now, and the device won’t achieve its top collision energy until next year. That’s why the courts are not rushing to rule on the critics’ claims. ”

Courts weigh doomsday claims - Cosmic Log - msnbc.com

I am Mr. Jimmy Roland, atelophiliac

Caution: Spam Ahead

Hello There,
How are you today? I am Mr. Jimmy Roland, a Certified Payroll Specialist (CPS),I am a disable man from New York and I usually encounter a lot of stress when going about my daily payroll activities because I work as a chartered payroll specialist for many companies, and I have to work hard to make my money because nobody wants to help me or employ a disabled man on a wheel chair like me so that is why I set up my own payroll business and i am willing to employ anybody as my data entry typist from home, you could be a receptionist, data entry typist, a clerk, a stay at home mom, a student or anybody who has a computer experience with a computer connected with internet at home who want to work on a part time basis and earn extra income, I required a person who will be honest, trustworthy and able to work from home, and who will also handle the printing of letters, notes and checks with the data information of people on payroll list of each company i am working for and I will ha
ndle the UPS, Fedex or DHL account

1)*A computer system at home with internet connection.
2)*You will buy versa check Gold 2008 software. It will come with 150 blank checks so you might not be buying blank check anymore
3)*You will buy versa ink Nano’ 4X Life MICR Ink - 94MX Black
4)*You will buy Versajette M400 Print, Copy, Scan Ink jet Printer
5)*You will buy Business-size checks 250

You can email me back as soon as possible and I will let you know when to start working from the comfort of your home at the most convenient time for you (you will only be working 2 to 4 hours per each day you choose to work in a week) and you will be earning $1,200 or more every month. You can start today if you are ready with all the materials needed for the job.

Have a nice day while I wait for your response on the job offered.

Note: You will only need $300 to buy the materials needed or I can send you the money needed to order the materials, I can even send you the money to buy computer and also connect onto internet if you could let me know how much that will cost, you can call me to discuss further but I can best
be contacted via email as I am on computer every time.
Please send your reply to: artvisionworld@hotmail.com
I will be expecting your response.

Best wishes,

Jimmy Roland.

May I, Jimmy? May I really? Oh boy!

How about this: I’ll just repost your email verbatim (done) and not make fun of you (too much) and we’ll consider it a favor from me to you.

Adam Savage talks about why Mythbusters won’t ever do a show on the hackability of the RFID chip. (via mediarchives)

I also posted a photo recently of a mural that Diana was working on in our living room. Here’s how it turned out, complete with a 3-D birdhouse feature we bought at a Free Trade store in Cherry Creek.

I also posted a photo recently of a mural that Diana was working on in our living room. Here’s how it turned out, complete with a 3-D birdhouse feature we bought at a Free Trade store in Cherry Creek.

A couple of weeks ago, Diana made a hamburger cake. It was, by far, the best-looking cake she’d ever made. It tasted great, too.
However, she’s trumped it with this, a giant tree cupcake. The icing is whipped and chocolate and may be the best icing I’ve ever eaten. And, in not very long at all, I get to eat a slice at a Labor Day cookout we’re attending.

A couple of weeks ago, Diana made a hamburger cake. It was, by far, the best-looking cake she’d ever made. It tasted great, too.

However, she’s trumped it with this, a giant tree cupcake. The icing is whipped and chocolate and may be the best icing I’ve ever eaten. And, in not very long at all, I get to eat a slice at a Labor Day cookout we’re attending.

“ It’s easy to forget, 130 years after outdoor electric lighting first cast its glow through the night, that the sky is actually full of stars. ”

Essay - Helping the Stars Take Back the Night - NYTimes.com

“ Today all life on the planet can trace its lineage back to those few microorganisms which survived the great dying of 2,500,000,000 BC, and now cyanobacteria are among the most common bacteria on Earth. ”

Damn Interesting » How Bacteria Nearly Destroyed All Life

Alice (via YouTube)

I’ve always loved Alice, and this appeals to my current attachment to electronica (Burial’s Reveal album is on constant rotation).