Our Morning Roundup
The Smithsonian Folklife Festival opened for business yesterday, featuring Texas (?), NASA (??), and the kingdom of Bhutan (whew). I'm interested in learning more about NASA's "culture," one built upon "stirring the public imagination." Also, astronaut diapers.
Human Guinea Pig's Emily Yoffe submits herself to the life of a day care worker at D.C.'s Gap Community Child Care Center, and learns that babies are manipulative little bundles of joy. Writes Yoffe, "A recent science column in the Wall Street Journal described a study that found that you don't even have to like kids to have your brain's fusiform gyrus produce instantaneous good feelings when you see a baby's face."
Self-referential Window Covering Of The Day: Prince of Petworth posts this sweet pic of a window obscured by a sign that reads "Do not knock on my window." I smell dare!
Mr. T in D.C. should really go to the dentist. For now, a freaky dental scene squeezed within Marathon Man's stolen diamond--Nazi--Dustin Hoffman-as-unfortunate-grad-student plot is T's excuse for not getting his impacted wisdom tooth removed. My current excuse is "shitty dental insurance." Besides, can't have too many teeth, am I right?
New Columbia Heights claims the Heights metro "smelled like cookies" yesterday. Hmm. Are they making cookies out of old backpacks and gasoline now?
Brightest Young Things helps you indulge your zombie-themed nerd fantasies.
All Our Noise celebrates the quinceañera of the Flaming Lips' "Transmissions from the Satellite Heart"---all grown up!
Tonight at Fort Reno: Zulu Pearls, Dress Up, and The Shakes.
Photo of this totally sweet dude in the Metro by mattlemmon.
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9:14 am
The hair, the acid-washed jacket, the shirt - the 80s really have come back! I wish I had saved my Members-Only jacket...
10:23 am
Although there is an oral history stage and some goofy outer space paintings, the NASA exhibits at the Folklife Festival focus on the agency's mission, not its culture --
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1251/961639875_01b21d33e8_o.jpg
10:30 am
the hi top is back
http://upsetthesetup.wordpress.com/2008/06/10/the-return-of-the-high-top-fade/
10:42 am
I highly support the hi top.
11:16 am
I'm disappointed. I was really hoping the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission would get chosen for the Folklife festival, but at the very least they could have chosen the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.
Either way it would be a great way for visitors to experience the culture of the bureaucrat. They could set up booths where you push giant piles of paper while keeping your eye squarely on a big clock. They could make a game of it. Whoever pushes the paper the shortest distance, and leaves closest to 5:00 wins.
7:41 pm
thanks for the up ms hess!