“This was totally worth the emphysema!” So: articles are beginning to pop up on the web about scientific studies that are showing that 3D printing releases ultra fine particles, also known as UFPs, into the air. These particles are small enough to get through a … Continue reading New studies show that 3D printing may be hazardous to our health
I’m obsessed with not having my work dirt in the main house, and it keeps me from waking the wife or baby by being in the bedroom on that creaky floor when I’m getting dressed. So every morning I go down to the basement where … Continue reading The unfinished basement
Artificial mind, adaptive programming; recursive, self-reflective functions; very real neurosis.
What follows is the introduction to the official brochure for the Planetary Museum’s exhibit Early 21st: A Retrospective of Polycultural Earth, copyright 2113, Planetary Society, all rights reserved. Economic upheaval. Political instability. Fancy moustaches. The beginning of the end of big manufacturing, independent music, rampant … Continue reading Much ado about 2013
This is my three sisters patch as of right now. Thanks to the Mandan Native American tribe for coming up with this scheme.
Yesterday a horse in Manchester, England crapped on the floor of a McDonald’s restaurant in what may be the most appropriate act of defiance in equine history. The equestrian atop the horse had been denied the opportunity to purchase questionable convenience foods at the drive-through, leading to the incident aforementioned.
And now we return you to your usual online prowl already in progress.
If I were a sandwich Yabba dibba dibba yabba diddy diddy dum . . . All day long I’d be a peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich because I’m always so tired; with bananas and chopped raw sunflower seeds that represent my enormous effort to … Continue reading If I Were a Sandwich
I thought that it might be a good thing to share a few of the things that I find around the Internet while I’m being distracted from running and writing in the morning – things that I like, things that I feel like I should … Continue reading Morning Surf Report: Two techs in the wind and some juice
I was on Hulu earlier this week and discovered a category of surf movies; I nearly had an aneurysm. I decided that now was a great time to start a limited run serial on surf movies, and now I present to you Surf Movie Sunday, … Continue reading Surf Movie Sunday: The Endless Summer
“Come on,” she pleaded. “The ship leaves soon.”
“Do you think we’ll ever come back? Our people, I mean.” He was stalling – searching in the mess of their evacuation.
“Probably not. This place will be uninhabitable.”
He picked up a book, considered it a moment, then tossed it aside.
He saw it. “Here!” He dislodged the artifact from a pile and displayed it.
“That.”
“To help us remember where we came from.”
She checked the time. “We’ll never make it now!”
“Sure we will. I know a shortcut.” he said, taking her by the hand. “Come on.”
This flash fiction in 97 words was crafted for The M3 blog’s Flash in the Pan.
It was inspired by this article.
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