A Patient and Generous Reader
http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/153260173061/i-get-asked-this-a-lot…
Hmm...
> *Typing this caption with my left hand only* pic.twitter.com/tRi34mFwzK [https://t.co/tRi34mFwzK] — Did You Know? (@DidYouKnowFacts) November 4, 2016 [https://twitter.com/DidYouKnowFacts/status/794539712929300486] I wonder if my wife agrees (then again, maybe it's what kept me from smashing a window when…
Cartoons Catch up with Reality
Civic amenities of the future. A cartoon by John Klossner. #TNYcartoons by @ newyorkercartoons [https://www.instagram.com/newyorkercartoons]This calls to mind Watch Where You're Going [https://mikeschultz.ghost.io/watch-where-youre-going/] and Cell Phone Lanes [http://mikeschultz.posthaven.com/cell-phone-lanes].…
Poemball
> The Poemball machine - all it takes is a quarter to add a burst of poetry into a day https://t.co/8WQSPYUiDS — The Poetry Society (@PoetrySociety) November 4, 2016 [https://twitter.com/PoetrySociety/status/794507919098318848] This reminds me of some other ideas—the Call Me Ishmael [https://twitter.…
Curiosity
> The last remaining boundary marker for the Republic of Texas https://t.co/tSGp1tlMH0 pic.twitter.com/7E1nrBc6Zt [https://t.co/7E1nrBc6Zt] — Atlas Obscura (@atlasobscura) November 4, 2016 [https://twitter.com/atlasobscura/status/794414176613662720] Interesting to me only because I know that DC's collection of boundary stones…
Separated only by time...
> A #Halloween cartoon by Alex Gregory. #TNYcartoons [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMP5YzHB9Yz/] A photo posted by The New Yorker Cartoons (@newyorkercartoons) on Oct 31, 2016 at 6:03pm PDT > pic.twitter.com/HapDceZ19x [https://t.co/HapDceZ19x] — Calvin and Hobbes (@Calvinn_Hobbes) November 1, 2016 [https://twitter.…
Another Time
> .@culbrich [https://twitter.com/culbrich] Heh. I showed the Web to poet Allen Ginsberg in 1997. "Thank God I don't know how to work this," he sighed. pic.twitter.com/jNeG81EMVD [https://t.co/jNeG81EMVD] — Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) October 26, 2016 [https://twitter.com/stevesilberman/…
An Ash Tree was Felled
An ash tree I planted in my yard more than thirty years ago was felled today, victim of the emerald ash borer [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_ash_borer]. The tree didn't cost me anything, just the effort of walking a few hundred yards and wheeling…