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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Interwoven trees
I adore trees. I know, it’s not a surprise at all, but I do want to make that really clear. With that on the record, I have an admission to make. I do from time to time consider the ways … Continue reading
Step one: research!
In which I pretend to be a scientist Before the post a few weeks ago about research on sexist humor, it simply hadn’t occurred to me that there might be people out there in the world who got paid to … Continue reading
The leaning tree
Yes, it’s another tree. Perhaps this blog will become all trees all the time … at least for a few more months. I’ve been trying to experiment with the trees in the last few weeks, giving them different branchings and … Continue reading
Fingers of Stone, Pool of Clouds (alternate) (431)
I commented on my original version of this that it nearly was a horror story, and just might work better as one. I’ve been sitting on the horror version since then. Today, I’m out of town and can’t scan the … Continue reading
Where beauty meets logic
Not just a bad teen dramedy. One of my favorite polymath tricks is to take the nerdy and reframe it in ways that make it intuitive and appealing to the person who is not just “not a nerd” but thinks … Continue reading
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The airplane tree
On a recent airplane trip, I started drawing a smaller tree as we were coming in towards landing. One of the airline attendants, coming through “one last time”, happened to catch sight of me and commented on how pretty it … Continue reading