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Blue Bottle Coffee Your Next Investment

I first encountered Blue Bottle in San Francisco a couple years ago. (The photos included in this story are from a several of my visits to the store.) Since then every time I've been back to the Bay Area I go way out of my way to get back to Blue Bottle. Every time I turn the corner and see the shop ahead, I'm greeted with a mile long line. The reason is fairly simple. Blue Bottle Coffee is artisan coffee created slowly and delicately for the perfect taste and experience.

Greatest Display of Athleticism Since Jordan

This is the craziest thing ever. Like ever. Jordan, tongue out, flying through the air? Nothing on this guy. Lebron? Zilch. Who is this guy?! I totally want his autograph! Someone please figure out how to get me his contact information! I'm dying to me this ambidextrous wonder. He's a demi-god at pop-a-shot. Just amazing!

The single most romantic valentine ever

The single most romantic valentine ever - And with that, I bid you all an uber fantastic Valentine's Day... Make sure you let your loved ones know you love them, because you care...

Heather Dewey-Hagborg Conversation

This is speaking generally. From my perspective on my work specifically, I think the public *should* know what scientists are working on behind closed doors (phenotyping) and I think we all need to know if DNA is not the gold standard we trust it to be. So yeah, knowledge over fear.

Drone Roman Candle Attack

Oh thank you. Might I please have another? I knew this was eventually bound to happen. This past Christmas pretty much everyone I knew got a drone of some kind or another. Little ones that are smaller than the palm of your hand. And big ones larger than German Shepherd. Drones of all kinds. And its rare that I don't hear one zipping around the neighborhood on the weekend. They are everywhere.

How to Pronounce British Town Names

Adore this video. All of it. I think I've mentioned here before how completely lost I was when I first moved to England. Completely bereft of all manner of clue when it came to pronunciations of places and town names. And it all coalesced into a right car crash one day when I saw that the school was going to have a weekEND (as the Brits pronounce it) in Edinburgh.

Chuck Norris of Unicyclists

This guy is full tilt. Like, WHAT?! A few of these moves I can accidentally do on a good day. But what? Like, take for example, his family jewels? Little known fact, it isn't the most comfortable of forms of transportation to engage in.

Starling Murmuration Epiphanies

I think the first time I learned that a flock of starlings wheeling in the sky was called a murmuration when learning about Upstream Color. There is something about about these flowing and undulating body of flowing birds that just induces awe.

My Life Sux Now Another Catfish

So there was a documentary (Mockumentary? Meme w/in a meme? Internet scam?) that came out a year or two ago called Catfish. A guy begins to fall in love online and he and his friends decide to start recording video about the whole internet side of it and the unveiling of this relationship over time. They spoke on the phone, shipped art to each other, wrote love poems. It was very sweet... and intriguing. Only glitch? The woman on the other end of the relationship was a sham.

Monty Python Reunion Dead Parrot Sketch

I'm sure you already knew that Monty Python was performing again together on a reunion tour.  But only just recently have they begun to release any of the videos from the reunion out on Youtube.  And its a riot to watch.  Not because they are better than the originals... not at all.  But because they are laughing at themselves not being as good as they used to be.

ignition sequences

ignition sequences - ooh.  ooooooh.  ah, yeah!"  I am quoting myself the first time I saw this video from Richie Johnston.  Absolutely adore this thing.  Fire!?  Explosions of fire, backwards, forwards... everywhere.  What's not to love here?

The greatest thing I saw today

This is by far the greatest thing I've seen today. And it helps that this situation didn't get completely out of hand - just totally out of hand. So with that, I'm out to find a Heineken with my name on it. And hopefully if your day is going poorly, at least you can say that your Benz didn't catch on fire and tear through a neighborhood with firemen chasing it down the street. So there's that.