Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

The Books Blank Map Book. Sleep with it under your pillow. In the morning, the book will show you a map to what you are seeking. Perhaps not to what think you are seeking. Choose Your Own Adventure. Digital book. Choices at pivotal moments will be made based on your reader profile, your recent searchContinue reading “Bookshelf, Fiction”

Awareness of the outside world. Various Covid bits. Nature: Had COVID but no symptoms? You might have this genetic mutation. Max Kozlov. 19 July 2023. Hat tip to C. Jabberwocky.com: Black parents preferred school closures during the pandemic. White parents didn’t. Kevin Drum. July 18, 2023. “Since late January 2023, excess deaths have reached pre-pandemicContinue reading “Revolution of Joy, Photography”

Awareness of the outside world. NASA.gov: July 20, 1969: One Giant Leap For Mankind Discussion comment by Brian Scott Pauls, a classmate in my science fiction class. Reposted with permission. [Blanket Adjustment, announcement of class] “Punch cards are not, and never were, suitable for sending people to Mars or any other celestial body. They are, inContinue reading “Pasture Adventure, Dogs”

Awareness of the outside world. UAB MedCast: Hold Your Horses! Equestrian Helmet Facts, Fiction & Future Research, Kevin Schrum, PhD | Sara Gould, MD, June 12, 2023 ~~~ Milton threw a fit during hitching. Seriously, Dude? Again? I thought we were past this. Gotta admit, I am over watching you hop around various rings. YouContinue reading “Lecturing Milton”

Awareness of the outside world. Stay cool, folks. For us, the next few days are predicted to be 97o & 98o, with Feels Like much higher. Bath time! [Summer’s Here still] [Minion! I Require A Shower! video] ~~~ Rodney lives in a parallel dimension. While were were waiting at the vet clinic, Rodney wanted reassurance. WhoContinue reading “Imagining Rodney”

Awareness of the outside world. To celebrate World Emoji Day, enjoy Tor.com: Dune’s Kyle MacLachlan Explains the Plot of Dune Through Emojis, Asher-Perrin, 2016. Hat tip to D. ~~~ Milton is a tick magnet, particularly his ears. Vet recommended cattle tags. Werners, A., Karasek, I., Butler, C., Yeatts, J., Enomoto, H., & Baynes, R. (2022). Control of ticks on horses using abamectin-impregnatedContinue reading “Tag You’re It”

Art from the outside world. Columbia Magazine: Adventures of Karen Green, How a Butler librarian became Columbia’s first curator for comics and cartoons, Sousanis, 2017. ~~~ [Fractal Alphabet] Onwards!Katherine