Clare Dibble

Fascinating old ads. - Clare Dibble

Hazel has that same little blue shovel! Only hers is for shovelling snow, not leaves. - Gabe

"The Ganzfeld procedure exposes the participant to ‘unstructured’ sensations usually by placing half ping-pong balls over the eyes so they can only see diffuse white light and by playing white noise through headphones. It is probably best known for its uses in parapsychology experiments, but it is also used to induce hallucinations and sensory distortions which are much more likely to occur in the absence of clearly defined sensory experiences." - Clare Dibble

Aww! - April Buchheit

"In Colorado, from 2004–2008, 28 children ages 4–7 were killed in traffic crashes. Twenty of them were improperly restrained, totally unrestrained or using only the vehicle seat belt (which does not provide adequate protection)." - Clare Dibble

They have pools in Colorado? If so, they could just ban them. That should save lots of money in addition to lives. - Gabe

Burning Man inspired event in Ohio. Brought to my attention by Amy Harmon (who rocks!). - Clare Dibble

"when college-age women think about romance, they become less interested in studying STEM fields. College-age men, however, can get interested in romance without any impact on their engagement with math and science." - Clare Dibble

Oh, well that explains everything. - Gabe

People don't do things that they perceive as detrimental to getting laid. Especially not in their early 20s. - Clare Dibble

NIce! - Rachel Lea Fox

Thanks! They are rascally and tiring but oh-so-fun. - Clare Dibble

That's a lot of salsa! How many pints of salsa do you eat in a year? - Gabe

"Despite various publications of results where hand-washing reduced mortality to below 1%, Semmelweis's observations conflicted with the established scientific and medical opinions of the time and his ideas were rejected by the medical community. Some doctors were offended at the suggestion that they should wash their hands and Semmelweis could offer no acceptable scientific explanation for his findings." - Clare Dibble

It's hard to believe that after dropping the death rate 90% just by washing hands, nobody was willing to wash their hands! - Gabe

a very raw "comic" strip that Melanie shared with me. - Clare Dibble