Round Museum

Don't look into the light, Carol Anne. Before you hang the lights on the tree, just check and make sure there are no broken bulbs, frayed wires, or nuclear radiation leaks.

12.07.22

This traditional Christmas flower is not actually a flower at all. Well, at least what we usually think of as a flower. The poinsettia's bright red "petals" are its leaves, and the flower is the tiny yellow cyathia structure in the center. A plant native to Mexico, it was brought to the United States in the early 1800s, and by the early 1900s, its bright red and green leaves had grown to become a staple of holiday decorations.

12.06.22

Looking up at the atrium ceiling during the holidays at The Fashion District is a view of what a bug might experience in a rainstorm -- lots of giant droplets plummeting directly toward you. Take cover! But these shiny, silver balls decking this hall hang securely in place, twinkling with lights and reflecting the bustling shopping plaza below.

12.04.22

OK, now hold on... there were SEVEN hushpuppies here a minute ago! Who stole one? You? or YOU?

12.03.22

The Blue Bayou cocktail sounded good on paper. And now that it’s here on the table... you may need a geiger counter to check the radiation and a breathalyzer before you leave.

12.02.22

If Halloween and Thanksgiving didn't provide enough warning for you, Christmas time is officially here. Deck the halls with boughs of holly. Hang up the mistletoe. Have you picked out your tree? Chopping down a Douglas fir at a tree farm? Or maybe hire the Spintastic crew to build one from the ground up? You'll need a crane to put the star on top!

12.01.22

Throw the barley and water into the mash tun and start steeping! Soon a new brew will be a'brewing, enzymes will begin converting the starches in a saccharification process yielding a sugar-rich wort. But this is just the beginning of the process. Thankfully, beer making doesn't end at the wort.

11.30.22

What's your best move? The Sicilian Defense? The French? Caro-Kann? You surely want to avoid blocking your king's bishop. Whatever move you choose, here in Director Park in Portland, Oregon, you'll need some muscle to advance your pawn on the piazza's Big Chess board. Rain or shine.

11.29.22

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) Prague General Assembly adopted the following definition on August 24, 2006. A "planet" is a celestial body that
(a) is in orbit around the Sun,
(b) has enough mass for its gravity to make the object have a (nearly) round shape, and
(c) has cleared other large objects from the region it crosses during its orbit. (Its gravity caused other orbiting objects to impact, or crash into, its surface or be ejected from our solar system.)
Unfortunately, Pluto does not meet requirement (c).

The world is yours. This whole spinning, glowing, glorious globe of opportunities is here for you. Go out there and spin it!

11.27.22