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  • Insomnia

    Note: Post updated on Sept. 21, 8:10 p.m.. This is a true story: 09/17/2007: I wake up, check the clock. 2:00 a.m. I hear noises coming from the darkness outside of the bedroom. Tapping noises. I wait a minute, heart thumping deep, hoping it was my imagination. Willow begins to bark as it starts up…

  • Food Logic Volume 5: Coffee + Maple Syrup

    Premise 1: Pancakes go good with maple syrup.Premise 2: Pancakes are a breakfast food.Premise 3: Coffee is a breakfast food. Conclusion: Coffee goes good with maple syrup. OK I’m serious about this one. Sure, Starbucks and Second Cup have offered Maple Lattes before, but those use sugary fake syrup. Similarly, Aunt Jemima’s maple-tinted racist-stereotype-recommended corn…

  • Magnets: Beyond Holding Things to Fridges

    Some random but fascinating tidbits that I’ve learned while writing my comps today: There are over fifty known sensory systems that have been identified in living things. Why, then, is a “sixth sense” seen as a far-out impossibility? The genome of bacteria that can sense magnetic fields is only about 4.3 megabytes. All the information…