Dan Weiss is a professional bookseller, amateur dilettante. He writes and plays in the band The Yellow Dress. He firmly believes that everything is going to be okay.
Today I heard someone use the phrase “randos” and I don’t know how I feel about it. Also I haven’t done one of these in a while. Jellyfish are terrifying,…
Very expensive toilets. As if our own earthquakes weren’t enough to worry about, the bay area should probably be more scared of quakes in Alaska. 16th Century comets. Gravity(‘s constant…
J.D. Okhai Ojeikere has been photographing Nigerian women’s sculptural hair since the 1960s. Don’t worry about space brains. Don’t do it! “Be a Tightwad” and other 1920s motivational posters. Seriously…
On the potential architectural causalities of Syrian war. Space archaeologist is the most misleading job title of the day. Space auroras on the other hand are exactly what they sound…
New Yorkers: Scottish castles are cheaper than your apartments. The time has come to put living roofs on our buses I guess. Here are some very rare dolphins and whales.…
BibliOdyssey is back! And they’ve brought us map monsters! Maybe we all come from Mars. Maybe a lot of things. If I had my way I’d spent my life visiting…
It is really exciting how much we have been learning about giant squids these days. Hey, did you forget about the earthquake in Christchurch NZ? Cause they sure haven’t. It…
Behold the oldest known depiction of the New World (carved into an ostrich egg no less). Beer bongs will make you steal Robert Frost’s bust. This is a fact. What…
Don’t be paranoid, all this extra surveillance is great for finding lost civilizations. All I want in the whole world is to get a drink in an underwater volcanic tunnel.…
Welcome to Monday, here are some cheetahs and greyhounds in slow-motion. Let’s talk about owl brain maps. Sad reality of the day: We are living in an age where potential…
Welcome to the age of impossible space missions. New railroad lines are great for archaeology. I guess I’ll link to this thing on the future of skate parks too. Photos…