McCain Hugs

For the easily amused...check out www.mccainhugs.com

SNL coverage of the Biden-Palin debate

This is brilliant!

Bonesetter's Daughter

Last night, Emily and I saw the world premier of Bonesetter's Daughter at the San Francisco Opera. I really liked the integration of Chinese and American music and theater in the opera. We had a hard time following the plot though. I guess we'll have to read the book.

I'm researching how to stop the Autoplay... sorry about that.

I heard GIRAFFE was in, but this is ridiculous!



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What Drew drew...

Margaret and the Expensive Sandwich



The images didn't scan very well... so it's hard to tell what's going on. Summary: Margaret searches for the perfect lunch, an expensive sandwish, finally finding one at Safeway.

Also featured is Waltz No. 11 in G-flat Major, Op. 70, No. 1 by Frédéric Chopin, an expensive sandwich of composers if there ever was one.

Dinosaur Comics

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Somewhat different when re-created in Lego

A recent Geekologie blog entry shows some famous and classic black and white photographs re-created in Lego. Sterile, smiling legos seem really ridiculous in this context.




Eddie Adams famous Vietnam War photograph from 1968

How many passes?

This one has made the rounds, but if you haven't seen it already, take the test.

Robert Lang @ Stanford

Last night the math department at Stanford hosted a lecture by Robert J. Lang, origami mathematician, theorist and artist. He talked about a lot of things I didn't expect, such as the industrial and product applications of origami. He explained some of the math and algorithms he and his colleagues use to design origami. It was a very fun lecture. In the Q & A I asked about paper technology and he tipped me off to a paper source that is better for his complex designs than the cheap-o common paper I usually try to use. Hooray. Also, he signed my books.



A female praying mantis about to eat off the head of her mate. I've never been able to fold a single Lang mantis... so this one blows my mind.



Robert Lang's stag beetle: an example of how he uses the "tree method" to design any base with an arbitrary number of flaps. Pretty cool, but after making a bunch of Lang's insects myself, I'm also really impressed how the nice paper allowed him to shape each limb into a skinny little beetle leg.

Bill and Hillary

Here they are, looking non-political, and happy.

Dress forms behind curtain

Boring, but pretty

Here's a picture of the view from our deck. Oooh, pretty. How can I leave California?

Mom's Christmas Salad

It's taken me a long time, but here is another blog post. This is a picture of mom's Christmas Eve salad being made. I like that there are Christmas colors and stars in a Christmas salad.