This post contains spoilers for the 1935 film Mad Love starring Peter Lorre and Francis Drake. Please do not read below the cut (or photo if you’re reading this via the feed) if you have not seen this film and plan to, and aren’t already familiar with this or the story The Hands of Orlac.
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I have conquered science! Why can’t I conquer love?
A party and a parasite.
Many New Castles and friends, this weekend!
Saturday was a Pittsburgh edition of Drinking Skepchickally, as Elyse, Maria and Jen were in town. It was awesome and I don’t think anyone could even tell I had a migraine. That either means I’ve become so accustomed to them that I’m basically a super hero or perhaps that [...]
Wondering why more teenage girls aren’t into science?
Maybe it’s got something to do with the mythical image of frumpy granola spinsters of science who are devoid of other interests, disparaging color and style as useless frippery.
I mean, if the women who are currently in the careers you wish to pursue would slight you for having an eye for good design, and denigrate [...]
beadazzled microscopes, maribu trimmed lab coats
Take a look at the Toys R’ Us online catalog section for Learning & More > Science & Discovery > Girls
That’s right. Butterflies, perfume, unicorns, and princess gardens.
Truth stays in the basement. We don’t talk about him.
Whenever I think of Texas I am reminded of that awful overnight layover in Houston in 2000 that ended with me wedged in a crowded terminal with a slow-talking couple and their large brood named Faith, Justice, Liberty, Freedom, and the smallest one saddled with Jubilee.
I was reading a news magazine featuring a dinosaur skeleton [...]