DIY Picture Tiles - You Will Never Buy a Photo Frame Again. Lately I’ve been having this huge urge to decorate the house.
This is big news. I do not decorate. Arguably, one of the reasons why is because I. absolutely. hate. to. buy. mass. produced. decor. (Also, I can’t ever remember if pink and purple go together or not.) Anyway, this extends to photo frames. Nope. Long story short, I discovered this method of transferring my photos cheaply, quickly, and beautifully to something uncommon and unique. Tiles. The only thing that’s not particularly crunchy about this is that it uses Modge Podge or similar (and I’m not sure what’s in Modge Podge). It’s just grainy and doesn’t dry clearly. Boo.
BUT, if you can overlook that one minor issue, I think you’ll love this. And it will be glorious. Here’s how you do it. First, you need to go to Home Depot, Lowes, or something like it. (FYI, I found that Lowes prices on tiles were cheaper than Home Depot. I like the stone tiles, because they have texture. So you pick out your tiles in the sizes you want. Go go go! 8485681.JPEG (JPEG Image, 400 × 10200 pixels) The Lesson of the Monkeys.
I was first told of this experiment* by a former work colleague, and later discovered this illustration of it.
It’s both illuminating and disturbing. There is a clunky word that describes this phenomenon: filiopietism, or the reverence of forebears or tradition carried to excess. But I prefer another term for it: the tragic circle. I believe many of these tragic circles exist, mostly unseen, in across all cultures and societites, causing untold harm. When discovered, they should be terminated. The lesson is as obvious as it is important: question everything. . * Stephenson, G. Messy Monday: How to Make a Notepad. How I Know I Love You.
I know I love you because I want to get you soup when you’re sick.
Not only do I want to get it for you, I want to make it for you so you can eat something made with love instead of with crushed insects and preservatives. I know I love you because I want to slap anyone who hurts you, even if it’s your boss. I want to hold you when you’re having a nightmare and kiss the spot that hurts when you bump into something. I know I love you because I want you to be healthy even when you’re not sick, and that’s why I keep bugging you to change your crappy eating ways even though I know you’re over hearing about it. I know I love you because I worry about the stuff only people who love you worry about, like the amount of quality sleep you get a night and how much you drink when you’re sad and whether you’re getting enough vitamin B.
Bill Nye to parents: Here’s the issue with creationism. Bill Nye ‘The Science Guy’ has a message for parents out there who are teaching their children not to believe in evolution: Please stop for the sake of all humanity!
The man best known for teaching young PBS viewers about the way the world works says creationism is holding kids, and effectively our whole society, back. In a video blog that has gone viral for Big Think, Bill Nye explains his take on what’s wrong with teaching creationism. Take a look: Appealing to parents specifically, Bill Nye says at the end of the video: “And I say to the grownups, if you want to deny evolution and live in your world, in your world that’s completely inconsistent with everything we observe in the universe, that’s fine, but don’t make your kids do it because we need them.
Not surprisingly, there’s plenty of reaction going on to Bill Nye’s evolution video. Is Bill Nye right that denying children evolution is wrong? Photo: Big Think video. How to Make a Bouncy Ball.