Woodcut prints by Bryan Nash Gill
President Barack Obama stops to view the moon and Venus before boarding Marine One in Boulder, Colo., April 24, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) via The White House on Flickr
Embossed (despite the White House’s weird “don’t mess with our pictures” disclaimer) with a phrase from Barack Obama’s 2004 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address.
Scaiku!
Last week, I posted some science-inspired haiku poetry and many of you sent in your own. Thanks for all the replies, tweets and comments with great, geeky poems!
I drew up some of my favorites along with some beautiful Japanese woodblock art (click the photos to view them biggu). Don’t worry, if you don’t see yours, you can check out everyone’s submissions here.
Got any more scaiku?
9-Year-Old Girl Gets Dinosaur Named After Her, Makes All Other Children/Adults Jealous
By Dan Nosowitz, popsci.com4-year-old Daisy Morris found some bones while strolling on the beach—a few years later, she now has a pterosaur named after her.
A few years ago, while strolling down a beach on the Isle of Wight (a small island in the English Channel),…
(Source: llevamelalluvia, via iwanttogoeverywhere)
Milwaukee Brewers’ sausage thieves reveal heist details
Ted Berg, USA TODAY Sports, usatoday.comJerry Lai, USA TODAY Sports
Rest easy, Wisconsin: The Milwaukee Brewers’ missing Italian racing sausage, Guido the sausage, has been found.
After a local businesswoman offered up a case of mustard in exchange for the sausage’…
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This is exactly what I’ve been looking for my entire life.
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RGB fabulous landscapes by Carnovsky
Within the colonnaded courtyard of Fondazione Adolfo Pini, Francesco Rugi and...
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Recipe: My Garlic Dill Pickles
I’m a complete pickle fanatic. You know that bit of exposition in A Christmas Story where we get to learn about the...
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The three stages of pickle inhalation. Recipe post here.
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German TV chats with David Foster Wallace
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Basically, Tarantino is ten steps ahead of you at all times.

