DIY, Growing Food in Winter
These are lettuce and pea seeds I put in last week. They are growing in my back yard, in a plastic container that held spinach. Yes, it is cold. And it freezes and sleets and ices up, still. But this is winter gardening and people do it even in colder climates than northern Virginia.
You just wash a plastic container that has a lid, punch some holes in the top and bottom, put in some soil (I use a seeding mix) and sprinkle in seeds. Water, close the container, label it with a permanent marker. Place it outside in a sunny area. Now you have a greenhouse environment for your seeds to grow. I may need to transplant these into a larger container before it gets warm enough to plant in the garden.
I also have some flowers and pampas grass sprouting.
Your seeds really want to grow, even in harsh conditions. Like us, they are animated by the life force.
Dana Gould as Maurice Evans as Dr. Zaius as Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain
Repost of a Post Past
Going down the rabbit-hole of Cece’s post. Great rememberies here, following “flockers.”
Turn It Off
I like this guy’s response to a ringing cell phone. Nicely done, sir.
Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
Related to stuff we’re talking about.
Bill Maher explains Socialism and the NFL
A short essay animated from the audio recording of ‘The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody but Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass’.
Directed and Animated by Fraser Davidson.
(thanks, Chris)
“Hit me!”
Moonrise Kingdom
Wes Anderson has a new movie coming out:
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, MOONRISE KINGDOM tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore — and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.
Sounds like a cross between The Tempest and Blue Lagoon. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Riusuke Fukahori, Goldfish Salvation
Sarah posted Riusuke Fukahori’s freakishly realistic resin goldfish on her tumblr:
Absurdly realistic sculptures of goldfish created by Riusuke Fukahori, one layer of paint & resin at a time.
Watching the meticulous layers applied is stop-motion goodness.
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Holy Jesus, look at what this ballerina can do!
Captain Beefheart’s Ten Commandments of Guitar Playing
4. Walk with the devil
Old Delta blues players referred to guitar amplifiers as the “devil box.” And they were right. You have to be an equal opportunity employer in terms of who you’re bringing over from the other side. Electricity attracts devils and demons. Other instruments attract other spirits. An acoustic guitar attracts Casper. A mandolin attracts Wendy. But an electric guitar attracts Beelzebub.
(From WFMU’s Beware of the Blog. Via Brian Beatty.)
Wilco, Nick Lowe & Mavis Staples rehearse “The Weight” backstage at the Chicago Civic Opera
(via Jason Fried via Jim Coudal)
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Super Exciting News on Super Polynomiality of LP Formulations of the TSP Polytope
Fairies of Christmas Passed…Deconstructed
The Blue Fairies laid on the table from the tree en masse. These were created by a former greensman employee three or four years ago. I remember, as he made them, into a box-top in the backroom of the greensman offices, I entered the room he was working in. He said, as he shook the boxtop, “Look, they live! ” He giggled and grinned a grin somewhere between the grinch and the baby jesus. That vision will forever live in my heart.
Brand new island rises from Red Sea depths
Throw away that shiny new atlas you got for Christmas — it’s already out of date.
Volcanic activity in the Red Sea is causing the formation of a new island in the Zubair archipelago as lava is cooled by the surrounding seawater and solidifies. The underwater volcano responsible is located on the Red Sea Rift, where the African and Arabian tectonic plates are slowly pulling apart.
I was feeling all hurt
and helpless and hopeless, then I heard this on the radio, and my heart rose up in spite of me.
Holiday light
This is my front door this year. It stars an artificial ivy wreath from IKEA embellished with LED lights, which are battery-powered and set on a timer. I added a few sprigs of fake holly the other day. Neighbors’ lights also show up, reflected in the glass door. I used a point-and-shoot camera with a mulish flash so you can’t really “see” how the wreath appears to be a circle of light floating in the doorway. But I wanted Rick to see it, and the bad photo gives a hint of the floaty.
I don’t do this, but I understand why people keep up their holiday lights all winter. They help.
clusterflock in a Firefox for Android Tablets Commercial
Well, holy poop, clusterflock showed up in a Firefox for Android tablets commercial.
(thanks, Garrett)
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2 women share 1st kiss at US Navy ship’s return
It’s no biggie
It’s no biggie takes the art of the animated gif to another level.
(thanks, Garrett)
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Kim Jong Il Did Not Defecate (And Other Weird Facts)
12 Indicted On Hate Crimes Charges For Hair Cutting Assaults Led By Break-Off Amish Group
I think this is my favorite story of 2011.
Smell Them; You’ll Know.
Fade from black to black.
2CELLOS: Welcome to the Jungle
I’m sure these guys could’ve pulled this off without the excellent headbanging hair, but it certainly helps.
Damar, Mon Amour (out of context)
In context: Starlingo ii.
Damar torn from the flock.
What is Damar? Who is Damar? What is Damar?
