Pain clinic
There is but one question: why? Don’t you go to hospitals and clinics to be free from pain? You don’t go to a clinic to suffer from more pain. Wouldn’t a “Pain Relief Clinic” or a “Pain Cessation Clinic” or Continue reading Pain clinic
Category Archives: society
Memorial to gun violence
St. John Baptist Church in Columbia recently installed a powerful memorial to victims of gun violence in the greater Washington, DC, area. On an embankment behind the church are simple frames, and on each frame is the name (if known), age, and date of Continue reading Memorial to gun violence
Colorful story thread
These are pretty: Enjoy. Life should have color.
Caged crib haven from heaven
According to the packaging on this box, this plastic crib can be turned into a toddler bed, a daybed, and a full size bed (some pieces sold separately). You can adjust the mattress to three different heights, and the pieces Continue reading Caged crib haven from heaven
Bungee bumper repair
Is your car the butt of jokes because the car’s butt is falling off? Do you have some spare bungee cords? Then you have a solution at hand! Or elasticized cord and hooks, at least, as demonstrated by this innovative Continue reading Bungee bumper repair
Tattered Cover: a bookstore
Tattered Cover is a bookstore in Denver, Colorado. A real, brick-and-mortar (or possibly reinforced concrete and drywall) store selling physical books made of paper and cloth. It isn’t part of some huge corporate conglomerate, with ties into publishing companies and Continue reading Tattered Cover: a bookstore
Resurrected from the dustbin of the Internet
A reinstall of WordPress after a switching of Internet host providers. Let us hope for good things. The joys of dealing with unwanted advertising, broken links, hosting providers, DNS transfers, and other things normal people think are magic.
Designer trail mix
While standing in the checkout line of a geeky store, we noticed some trail mix for sale. Trail mix goes by many names, but is generally considered to be a combination of dried fruit, nuts, and possibly cereal of some sort, Continue reading Designer trail mix
Definition of a bad day at work
This looks like an unremarkable view of an apartment building in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland: Not obvious: it is snowing. The air temperature is 33 F, and the wind is blowing at 12 MPH. And if you look in the Continue reading Definition of a bad day at work