I'm posting this picture in solidarity with bees. The bees are having a hard time out there. If any bees are reading this, I just want you to know that our house is very pro-bee. Good luck, little friends.

not so small

I love Apartment Therapy's Small Cool Apartment Contest and waste hours checking out all the entries.

I have, however, one gripe:

Anything over 600 square feet is no longer small. And when you hit 700 square feet, you are bordering on palatial.

The real name of this contest should be "Small to Good-Sized Apartments Decorated by People with Money and Time."

Good thing every day is Earth Day. I destroyed a couple trees yesterday.

FINALS:

Fuck I Never Actually Learned Shit.

Professor Michael Hamburger, a happy geologist.

Here's an article about yesterday's earthquake. The Tomato teaches an English class in the geology building and he said the place was brimming with happy geologists.

don't stop until you've seen cat yodeling

gratuitous lemur photo

(from an article in the guardian.)

Fun Non-Legal Words That Judges Use

mercery: a shop, trade, or wares. (think about merchandise)
curtilage: enclosed land around a house or other building

The Tomato, who has a nose for sniffing out wild German artists with a fun streak, found these photos of latex work by Hans Hemmert. They'll make you smile.