Evolutionary shrinkflation.

Thanks! Origami is one of my passions. I heartily recommend it!

They made an exception and let us go see Avatar to pacify us after the community's venerated founder was revealed to be a drug abusing, thieving, lying, life-long sex abuser. I left the community shortly after.

The reason it had been so long was that since 1991 I had been a member of a cultish conservative religious organization that didn't let us go to the movies (among other things); we only watched censured movies, chosen by our leaders, in-house, until...

One of my favorite memories of movie-watching was Avatar in 2009. I hadn't been to a cinema in 18 years! (Explanation of that in the following thread). Then I watched Avatar in 3D IMAX... I was blown away!

I already voted! As an expat I got my absentee ballot by email, which I filled out and DHLed back to the town clerk ASAP. Getting my vote in quickly and safely was worth the $35. Let's hope there's a big turnout of reasonable, informed, rational voters.

Great song! I like Janice Joplin's cover too. KK was one of my mother's favorite singers when I was growing up, so I have his music in my veins. It's sad to know he's gone.

A new and still unnamed modular origami mandala I just designed. I designed it for the sequel to the book I just published, Magnificent Origami Mandalas (on Amazon). #origami#morigami#modularorigami#mandala#origamimandala

I was going to try this but then I realized that I see at least three distinct colors there; for me, turquoise is neither green nor blue, but — surprise! — turquoise...

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