Sure, it’s pure nostalgia. I’m ok with that. Jason Allemann’s LEGO rendering of the iconic artwork from Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends is spectacular in every detail. His other works (eg, a ball clock, a UFO visited farm, and a be-squided marble maze) are no less impressive. They, however, do not allow me to drop my favorite bit of Shel Silverstein trivia on y’all. Continue reading “Where the Sidewalk Ends”
Bleach also works. And high concentrations of ethanol (works for humans too).
Also, just leaving the petri dish out on your lab bench to desiccate.
I don’t know how I missed including this xkcd with Eva Amsen’s Have Science Will Travel post on GeoGuessr. I know you have ideas about why I failed, but those are not nice thoughts and my mother reads this blog. So, keep them to yourself.
Also, are we rationing the letter “E” and I didn’t get the memo?
According to the calculations of Larry Granillo, the inaugural Ferris Bueller’s Day Off occurred on 5 June 1985.
But then it is very bad for ones health to work too much – Charles Darwin
From The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Volume 2: 1837-1843 via Maria Popova.
The Finch and Pea 