Looking V, originally uploaded by Gavatron. Heather and I had an all-crystal weekend: we attended the street concert last night that marked the opening of the Michael Lee Chin Crystal at the ROM. Today, we returned to Bloor Street to get a look inside the MLC Crystal. While there wern’t any exhibits installed in the […]
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Silver maple moonlight
Silver maple moonlight, originally uploaded by Gavatron.
I gave her a gift
I gave her a gift, originally uploaded by Gavatron.
AMO contact lens solution: When consumer recalls suck (more than usual)
So, on Friday (convenient, non?), AMO (Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.) announced a “Voluntary Recall of Complete(R) MoisturePlus(TM) Multipurpose Solution” because, long story short, people using this contact lens solution are at a seven times greater risk to contract an Acanthamoeba eye infection (which can lead to this). Why do I care? Well, not only because […]
Spring tulips
Spring tulips, originally uploaded by Gavatron.
Busted
Busted, originally uploaded by Gavatron.
Drinks!
Drinks!, originally uploaded by Gavatron. Taken yesterday: Ollie drinking from the human (!) drinking fountain.
Orb Weaver
Weaving its web, originally uploaded by Gavatron.
Fruit Flies versus Lobsters
I came across two blog postings today, one that seems to normalize our attitudes toward one animal and another that messes things up. The first is that lobsters, apparently, don’t feel pain. Well, not pain in the way we’re supposed to think of pain, at least. This, unspoken, suggests that boiling lobsters, for example, is […]