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mom bought rocket balloons for the fourth of july this year, and we used some of the leftover ones before my party on saturday. a red one got stuck in the spruce tree in the backyard, though, and we never bothered to get it down. today i saw a hummingbird trying to drink nectar out of it, thinking it was a flower. for a minute i felt a slight sadness at the impact of humans on nature, but then...

A Very Germy Contest

Germs Are Fun! Well, at least THESE germs are fun. They're GIANTmicrobes . I first saw these cuddly "bugs" after RavenCon. The lovely and talented, Mr. Mark Rainey , posted a photo of The Plague , a gift from a friend at the Con. What a great idea! I never asked who was selling Germs at the Con, I just assumed they were the genius idea of a horror writer or artist, ...