Holding out for the immaterial

Holding out for the immaterial, originally uploaded by mark.hogan. I’m not sure who is responsible for this sign in San Francisco on Minna Street, but I hope the same person isn’t holding out for a parking spot there.

Model Trains at the MOST in Syracuse

Model Trains at the MOST in Syracuse, originally uploaded by mark.hogan. We passed some time at the Museum of Science and Technology in Syracuse NY. It wasn’t very impressive but they did have a great model train set.

North Baltimore Ohio’s Sex Offender Tree

Just when you thought you’d heard about every imaginable type of holiday decoration, the North Baltimore (Ohio) police have decorated a tree with mugshots of convicted sex offenders. If you’re worried about missing the ornaments on the back of the tree, have no fear: the tree rotates.

The Woolly Mammoth: making a comeback

Two researchers at Penn State University have mapped the genome of the extinct Woolly Mammoth using DNA extracted from hair found frozen in permafrost. According to scientist Hendrik Poinar, this means it wouldn’t be hard to recreate the Mammoth and put it in a Pleistocene era-themed amusement park. Maybe there will be a baby Mammoth… Continue reading The Woolly Mammoth: making a comeback

Selling jeans with architecture

Selling jeans with architecture, originally uploaded by mark.hogan. Philip Johnson’s Glass House fills the background of this https://tadalafiltablets.net billboard in San Francisco’s Union Square.