The Shape of Things To Come

| July 30, 2007

Via David Thompson: the coolest wind-powered sculptures you’ll see all day… maybe all month: If they were semi-intelligent robots, they would no doubt try to take over the world. Fortunately, with turning radii of continental proportions, they are relatively easy to avoid. Unless you walk like I do.

This Is (My) Spinal Tap

| July 29, 2007

Starting tomorrow, I undergo a series of tests collectively known as a cisternogram. It starts with a lumbar puncture, during which something slightly radioactive and extremely expensive will be introduced into my spinal fluid. I’ll then be scanned for the next few days — through Wednesday — so they can track the ebb and flow […]