nautilus

chambered nautilus (Nautilus pompilious) looks like it might be quite delicious

snots

pandas

my gummy pandas look just like regular bears. what a gyp.

food

sometimes i like to go check out the lunchroom fridge, hoping i have food in there i forgot about. sadly, that has never been the case.

Istanbul

Within an hour of arriving in Istanbul someone already offered me tea so he can show me carpets in his family's big store. I felt so welcomed as I had been forewarned of this tradition. However, he thought I was Japanese, which everyone has been thinking since I started grad school. I think because my face got fat. i.e. the Turkish man welcomed me then called me fat. Does that sound like the beginning of a healthy relationship? I don't think so.

Also, my directions told me to walk next to the Blue Mosque and it wasn't blue. After white-balancing in my mind to make it blue, the Hagia Sophia looked blue as well. Needless to say, I took a very roundabout way to the hostel.

Anyway, we're going to try some street food today. Time to put that HepA immunoglobulin shot to use.

bbc - penguins

magic

"it's magic. and like science, you don't actually have to understand it. you just have to believe it."
-Amanda from Ugly Betty

kung fu baby

the fart propellant is the best part

fruit cups

i'm missing 6 mandarin orange fruit cups. where did they go?

i am so jealous of this guy

LEARN from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

EAT from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

funny baby

neti pot, part ii

over-salting a neti pot is much, much worse than not adding enough. instead of feeling like i was drowning, the entire front of my head burned in pain. i thought my eyeballs were going to fall out.

subsequently, my boogers were really salty for a couple of hours.

Echinacea

my brother (after i told him i'm getting sick): "Are you taking echinacea? I find it's a very effective placebo. Zinc & vitamin D, too."

happy koala

koala bears

oh, linnaeus. so judgemental...

“Reptiles are abhorrent because of their cold body, pale color, cartilaginous skeleton, filthy skin, fierce aspect, calculating eye, offensive smell, harsh voice, squalid habitation, and terrible venom; wherefore their Creator has not exerted his powers to make many of them.” - Linnaeus, 1797

art

anderson cooper on romance

peacock spider

bach