Random stuff

Regarding memes, which I only recently learned to pronounce (rhymes with "cream" and is not a cute little French word rhyming with "hem"): I think I should only participate in a maximum of one of these per week, otherwise they will conquer me and I'll lapse into having no ideas of my own.

Random Tuesday has its allure, though. It sounds like I don't have to be cohesive even a little bit:

Gathering dust on a shelf at the middle school where I teach art there is a donated collection of yellowing art books from 1965, published by the old encyclopedia company, Grolier. I grabbed three books (volumes 2, 3, and 6, for no particular reason) figuring maybe I could further my education a little. The reading level looks to be about 9-12th grade, so hey, how hard could it be? They even contain some color plates.

I opened to a portrait, Mrs. Thomas Boylston, by John Singleton Copley and stopped dead. Why, it's Kevin Spacey!

I must be right. I'm pretty sure I'm the only person to have noticed this. I think I'm gonna quit my job and become an art historian.

Last week Captain Dumbass shared a link to The Big Picture, showing a dragonfly on the Louisiana coast. You should check it out, because it's important and the pictures are very good:

A hermit crab, surviving with oil on its shell, crawling past a drop of crude.

I'm actually really glad to see our troops in Afghanistan having a little fun. Seriously.

Ed is nowhere near as unhappy as he looks. Ignore him! He just wants your attention.


Potatoes in love.
I really like it when my veggies get creative all on their own.

If you're interested, go visit for an impressive display of randomness.