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larryhammerA mylar balloon from last month's birthday party is still hanging around. Today it reached neutral buoyancy and has floated from room to room at eye level, on the furnace currents, and startling one as one putters. Right now, it's circling about in the convection of my body heat. Creepy and cool.
So is knowing that tyrannosaurs look pretty in pink but moose most definitely do not. Robert Lang's scorpion, OTOH, is just plain cool:
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jamiam, this is what you saw me working on.) Yes, that's eight legs, two claws with pincers, a jointed tail, and mouth parts -- all from one square sheet of paper, no cuts. Origami designers have been doing some amazing things, these past two decades.
Have a good Year's Long Night, you all. Unless, of course, it's Year's Long Day.
---L.
So is knowing that tyrannosaurs look pretty in pink but moose most definitely do not. Robert Lang's scorpion, OTOH, is just plain cool:
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jamiam, this is what you saw me working on.) Yes, that's eight legs, two claws with pincers, a jointed tail, and mouth parts -- all from one square sheet of paper, no cuts. Origami designers have been doing some amazing things, these past two decades.Have a good Year's Long Night, you all. Unless, of course, it's Year's Long Day.
---L.
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Date: 22 December 2007 04:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 23 December 2007 03:36 am (UTC)Now I want to do something suicidal, like try the model with so-called elephant's hide paper. The sort where you fold then press under a stack of books for a couple hours, before going to the next one.
---L.
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Date: 23 December 2007 03:41 am (UTC)Not that I lack faith in your mad origami skillz....
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Date: 24 December 2007 02:24 am (UTC)Not so much mad skillz as just plain mad.
OTOH, I did fold Tiamat from 6" paper today.
---L.
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Date: 22 December 2007 04:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 22 December 2007 05:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 23 December 2007 03:34 am (UTC)---L.
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Date: 22 December 2007 05:28 am (UTC)that pink is a bit startling on the moose... perhaps a soft rose would be better? ;)
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Date: 23 December 2007 03:35 am (UTC)---L.
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Date: 23 December 2007 03:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 22 December 2007 02:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 22 December 2007 04:35 pm (UTC)Here is a link, btw, that I quite liked.
http://lol.ianloic.com/lj/lnhammer
Because I like Daniel Pinkwater books
Date: 23 December 2007 02:35 am (UTC)Heh
Date: 23 December 2007 03:33 am (UTC)---L.
Re: Heh
Date: 23 December 2007 05:50 am (UTC)He also wrote books about you. Okay, not really. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0761451781/ref=pd_cp_b_1?pf_rd_p=317711001&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0761451897&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1TNJYP9W5DM79C1ZMR2T