Oscar the Cat
He's accurate.
Oscillating Populations
Not pendulums, but predatory populations. Food (ahem) for thought.
Ostentatious Camouflage
Huckleberry, on the other hand, practices his cat fu mind-tricks out in the open—where they aren't at all effective.
Ouch!
TrumpBloopers is a compendium of trumpet disasters. The threat of moments like this is what made my friend Larry's performance togs such a sweat stained mess that his wife wouldn't even touch them to throw them out.
Ouch!
Obviously.
Our Theory of the Early Universe is All Wet
No, it's full of holes: specifically quarks and gluons. The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) in Upton, NY is "re-creating the opening microseconds of the universe's existence."
Outsourcing Your Memory
Who needs a memory now that we have Google?
Painting the Weather
An exhibit organized around the schtick of making the paintings about the atmospheric conditions portrayed within them. Works anyway.
Paleography
One of the treats of my Thanksgiving was an up-close-and-personal analysis of my 14th century musical manuscript by Metropolitan Museum fellow Eric Weaver. I was reasonably sure of its date, based on the staff structure and mensuration, but Eric taught me an immense amount about parchment, calligraphy, illumination, monastic culture, and medieval guilds in the 30 minutes or so that he discussed my musical fragment. In short, he took an object I see above my hi-fi every day and made an epoch come alive—conversationally and off-the-cuff.
Panamania
As much as I loved the zen of sourdough maintenance and loved the resulting loaves, I gave up my weekly baking sessions because of the "tyranny of the dough." Honest to God, it was like having another pet—worse, in some ways. Huck and Bagheera are cute enough that we can get cat-sitters when we travel. Ever tried to get anybody to feed your sourdough starter?