Morning Coffee

When I go, I want to go on a euthanasia-coaster. A look at the history of Science Fiction. Icons Zootomicae. Admit it, you want to look at 1960s Paris fashion.…

See, it WAS the cell phones. What your literary tote bag says about you (as a writer for the Rumpus and an employee of a non-Green Apple sf bookstore, this…

Sometimes people care about things like literary hair. Vintage art machines are neat! What people draw when they draw about being happy. Patents, you know? Polish posters for American westerns…

Today in exciting concepts: Dolphin Talking! Roller Coaster Science! Zombie Ants! Early Aviation! Soviet Kids Textbooks!

Today in old books: The Cabinet of Curiosity and The Key of Hell (!!!!) When people hold underwater photography contests, everyone wins. Did someone say space boat? Japan sure does…

Life in a cult used to be so much cooler. Competitive Swinging is an art installation I can get behind. Similarly I am a big fan of typographical illustrations. Life…

Maybe we all came from this dude. Life aboard a spy plane (way to go world). Similarly: let’s all check out James Bond first editions. How to swim in the…

Something’s in the air, feelin’ pretty sciencey. But first here are some pictures of clouds. This totally explains how my identity got stolen by a koala. Maybe we all came…

First things first: DON’T EAT ARMADILLOS. Norway, Photochrom style. The Social Animal is a really weird book. Here are some things made out of staples. Also Ottoman architecture is pretty…

Every day is a good day to look at antique mug shots. Did you know there are architects capable of designing art museums today who are NOT Frank Gehry? Drawing…

It’s a Monday so I can link to things like baby aardvarks and Werner Herzog voiceovers to get you through the day. I really hope the Finger-nose stylus takes off.…

Sup with all these tornadoes, bros? Behold the Google pedicab. Serbian children are way more surreal than you or I (this is assuming that you are not a Serbian child).…