Round Museum

I am thoroughly convinced that—as a "watched pot never boils"—so a watched penny never breeds. The lending of cows to cottagers and all that system of superintendence (including child-bed linen and the like) though arising in most instances from amiable motives, has never done any good. And I make no doubt that if the fact could be ascertained, fifty pounds expended in good cheer of the old fashion would not only excite more gratitude, but would work more solid advantage to the receivers than ten thousand pounds expended in "comforts" and spelling-books.

06.06.26

How about breakfast in bed for your birthday? Fruit salad, granola and yogurt? Eggs, bacon and biscuits? Spinach, tomato and goat cheese omelette? Big bowl of Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch?

06.05.26

So what has landed here on the block? It seems Not Of This Earth… Is it The Terror From Beyond Space? The Brain From Planet Arous? Or the Creature With The Atom Brain? The Zombie Of The Statosphere? Plan 9 From Outer Space? The Attack Of The Hairy Rubber Chew Toy From Beneath The Stoop?

06.04.26

Despite the abandonment of the wine glass on the pavers, this party’s status is not yet clear. And CSI: Amsterdam investigators have been dispatched to canvass the area and gather evidence. These Consumption Scene Investigators are quite thorough, and will dust the glass for prints, swab for any DNA samples, and even bring in a gas chromatograph to determine specific ethanol concentrations. The party may be over now…

06.03.26

Once everyone has finished singing "Happy Birthday" and you've made your wish, you can blow out the candles. Symbolizing the light of life, candles on cakes have long been a birthday tradition across the globe, with many believing that smoke carries the wish up to heaven. Happy Birthday to you!

06.02.26

In the world of musical instruments there is a wide variety of ways to beat, blow and strum to make sounds. The banjo-mandolin is a hybrid of both these instruments, having the round body of a banjo, the small size and tuning of a mandolin, and 8 strings in four paired courses. But don't confuse it with the banjolin, which is the same thing but with 4 strings.

06.01.26

A birthday brings songs and candles and gifts and a $1 tip and strawberries with fresh whipped cream drizzled with a balsamic reduction and a touch of coarse ground black pepper! Make your wish... and voilà!

Strawberry. Blueberry. Lemon. Lime. Orange. How many gumballs will fit in a gumball machine? Well, what you have here is your classic sphere-packing problem in a three-dimensional Euclidean space. But, whether your technique is cubic lattice, hexagonal close-packed, or face-centered cubic, the "how many" really depends on the size of the gumball and of the space, of course. A 10 x 10" cube could hold a few thousand half inchers, while only an 850 count of these one-inchers. Whatever, just pour the damn balls into the machine, will ya?

05.30.26

Yes, Oliver’s colorful Emotional Support Chew Toy also doubles as an everyday skincare face mask. He likes to give his complexion an extra boost of hydration and TLC with its mixture of activated charcoal, argan oil, and anti-inflammatory algae. And chewing on a rainbow donut sure does relieve the stress of a hard day!

05.29.26

A Philly soft pretzel is a dense, chewy, delicious salty treat that's practically a meal. Morning, noon or night, there's never a more appropriate time than now to enjoy one, or two. Of course, it's not a pretzel without a generous dollop of mustard. It's right there in the Round.

05.28.26