Things That Are Neat: Those Sparkly Things In Street Pavement
I don’t know if anyone really knows what I’m really talking about here. Has anyone noticed when you’re out walking in, say, the downtown of a city, and you look into the street, especially when...
View ArticleThings That Are Neat: Octopuses
I know that some people say the proper plural of “octopus” is “octopi”, but I read somewhere that it’s actually a bad Latin construction and is incorrect, though a lot of dictionaries list it as proper...
View ArticleThings That Are Neat: The Concept Of Persistence Of Vision
I’m big into film, and so I sort of have to think this is neat. But even if I wasn’t, I’d still think it’s pretty cool, since it’s your brain putting together a series of stills together and...
View ArticleThings That Are Neat: Ladies With Glasses
Image via Wikipedia Y’know what I like? I mean, aside from watching TV and all that stuff, but y’know, big and in general? I like ladies with glasses. Glasses are like, lady-enhancers. Like, y’know...
View ArticleThings That Are Neat: Snails
Image via Wikipedia Man, I love snails. They’re really cool looking and they just seem like cool animals. I like slugs all right, too, I guess, but snails are where it’s at. I remember looking up...
View ArticleThings That Are Neat: Dogs!
Image by RevMe via Flickr A lot of people have been talking smack about dogs lately, and I’m here to set the record straight. Dogs are awesome, and anyone who says otherwise is a liar and a fool and...
View ArticleThings That Are Neat: Hummingbirds
Image via Wikipedia Birds of all sorts are really neat — a lot of ‘em are super smart, and besides, they can totally fly, or at least a lot of ‘em can. More than people. But one of the varieties of...
View ArticleThings That Are Neat: Breasts!
Image via Wikipedia Man, breasts are awesome. I mean I know a lot of people know this and all but sometimes things require saying. Everyone’s got ‘em, so that’s kinda cool, and also they come in all...
View ArticleThings That Are Neat: Ants!
English: Two Plectroctena sp. ants, either P. mandibularis or P. strigosa. Each ant was about 15-20mm long. Pictured in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Français : Deux fourmis du genre Plectroctena sp. (soit...
View ArticleThings That Are Neat: Crows!
Crows! Crows are just amazing! Not everyone likes them, but I don’t get it. They’re super pretty, smart, and — this seems to surprise people — nice. I grew up with crows, and they were always one of my...
View ArticleThings That Are Neat: Goats!
Image via Wikipedia I love goats. They’re really cool animals. They’re always relatively friendly at petting zoos and folks’ll hire them to do gardening (mostly just by letting the goats eat...
View ArticleThings That Are Neat: Television!
Image via Wikipedia Sometimes, people take for granted a lot of things; they’ve been around them so much they’re used to them and don’t see the magic in them and may even grow to hate them; TV seems...
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