veepstakes: Sherwin-Williams paint colour or potential running-mate for Kamala Harris
prince rupert’s cube: Platonic solids will fit through an identically shaped one, thanks to the ponderings of a seventeenth century Rheinland monarch—see previously
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bareback: the bleaching, normalising of a rather vulgar terms used in wide contexts
news cycle: breaking stories happening faster than area man can generate uninformed opinions
orrery: a look at the Royal Eise Eisinga Planetarium, the world’s oldest and smallest functioning astronomical theatre created by a weaver turned star-gazer and purchased by the king—via ibฤซdem
she’s just not sufficiently grateful: all the ways the GOP is melting down over the changed presidential race
synchronoptica
one year ago: another MST3K classic (with synchronoptica), a virtual diving-bell, assorted links worth revisiting plus a banger from The Cars
seven years ago: mushroom season, poorly drawn cats plus boustrophedic writing
nine years ago: more on author Karl May plus comic book heroes
eleven years ago: a haircut for Greece plus ceremonial government roles
fourteen years ago: more bad banks plus Oktoberfest and other attractions