seven ± two

The magical number seven, plus or minus two, refers to the capacity of our short-term memory.

Sometimes I post about science & literature & culture & whatnot.

But mostly, pictures of puppies, babies, and food and other random things that nobody else would care about will be posted ad nauseam.
Sorry.

You can holler at me here: sevenplusminustwo@gmail.com

I have another, wordier tumblr here.

I also post really awesome things with some snarky, sexy ladies over here.


 Chocolate Pie Chart. 
Dark (72%), Milk (66%) and White (36%) Chocolate.5.5 oz (3.5” diameter x .75” high)
Fudge the numbers with this chart made of 70% dark, 20% milk and 10% white chocolate.
Chocolate Pie Chart.

Dark (72%), Milk (66%) and White (36%) Chocolate.
5.5 oz (3.5” diameter x .75” high)

Fudge the numbers with this chart made of 70% dark, 20% milk and 10% white chocolate.
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The city knows you better than any living person because it has seen you when you are alone. It saw you steeling yourself for the job interview, slowly walking home after the late date, tripping over nonexistent impediments on the sidewalk. It saw you wince when the single frigid drop fell from the air conditioner twelve stories up and zapped you. It saw the bewilderment on your face as you stepped out of the stolen matinee, incredulous that there was still daylight after such a long movie. It saw you half-running up the street when you got the keys to your first apartment. The city saw all that. Remembers, too.


Consider what all your old apartments would say if they got together to swap stories. They could piece together the starts and finishes of your relationships, complain about your wardrobe and musical tastes, gossip about who you are after midnight. 7J says, So that’s what happened to Lucy— I knew it would never work out. You picked up yoga, you put down yoga, you tried various cures. You tried on selves and got rid of them, and this makes your old rooms wistful: why must things change? 3R goes, Saxophone, you say— I knew him when he played guitar. Cherish your old apartments and pause for a moment when you pass them. Pay tribute, for they are the caretakers of your reinvention.


Colson Whitehead, “City Limits” from The Colossus of New York

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Adrian Tomine’s first New Yorker cover illustration, “Missed Connections” (November 8, 2004) is available as a limited edition, signed and numbered large giclee print. For $175.
Oh my goodness, I want this so bad. So so so so bad.

Adrian Tomine’s first New Yorker cover illustration, “Missed Connections” (November 8, 2004) is available as a limited edition, signed and numbered large giclee print. For $175.

Oh my goodness, I want this so bad. So so so so bad.

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Hot.
Capsaicin necklace from molecularmuse on etsy.

Hot.

Capsaicin necklace from molecularmuse on etsy.

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A limited print set for Radiolab and WNYC.
(here and here)

A limited print set for Radiolab and WNYC.

(here and here)

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The Great Penguin Bookchase board game. First to collect, borrow, buy, steal 6 books wins!
(via)

The Great Penguin Bookchase board game. First to collect, borrow, buy, steal 6 books wins!

(via)

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I kinda want these.
Spine and ribs necklaces from urban outfitters.
The first one is called “spinal cord” necklace even though it’s really showing the vertebrae of the spine (bones) as opposed to the nerves of the spinal cord. It’s actually pretty hard to illustrate the cord itself because there are so many nerves that branch out from it and in depicting injury levels and whatnot in the field, physicians will use a schematic of the spine anyway, since the vertebrae corresponds exactly with the segment on the spinal cord. So it could be the spinal cord that we’re looking at…. but no.
I mean, the company could  have called it the Backbone necklace and it would have sounded just as cool, if not cooler.  But, you know, whatever. I’m just being a douchebag again.

I kinda want these.

Spine and ribs necklaces from urban outfitters.

The first one is called “spinal cord” necklace even though it’s really showing the vertebrae of the spine (bones) as opposed to the nerves of the spinal cord. It’s actually pretty hard to illustrate the cord itself because there are so many nerves that branch out from it and in depicting injury levels and whatnot in the field, physicians will use a schematic of the spine anyway, since the vertebrae corresponds exactly with the segment on the spinal cord. So it could be the spinal cord that we’re looking at…. but no.

I mean, the company could  have called it the Backbone necklace and it would have sounded just as cool, if not cooler.  But, you know, whatever. I’m just being a douchebag again.

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popculture-and-i:

ninyako:

mapleiced:

flyingpaperboat:

leaplikelinda:

Ink Calendar / Designer: Oscar Diaz.
The ink will slowly color each day of the month as time passes by.
Totally rad!
I’m so bored I keep seeing strange stuff online! But they’re pretty cool :-D

cool!


soshal sayang sa ink, pero i want!

This is such a cool idea. I wouldn’t want it for myself, but I think it’s worth a reblog :)

Totally want it.

popculture-and-i:

ninyako:

mapleiced:

flyingpaperboat:

leaplikelinda:

Ink Calendar / Designer: Oscar Diaz.

The ink will slowly color each day of the month as time passes by.

Totally rad!

I’m so bored I keep seeing strange stuff online! But they’re pretty cool :-D

cool!

soshal sayang sa ink, pero i want!

This is such a cool idea. I wouldn’t want it for myself, but I think it’s worth a reblog :)

Totally want it.

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A set of 12 chocolate bars, one for each month of the year, each to be eaten by the end of the month. A calendar made of chocolate.

A set of 12 chocolate bars, one for each month of the year, each to be eaten by the end of the month. A calendar made of chocolate.

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adorrablesaurus:

(via colouration)
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

adorrablesaurus:

(via colouration)

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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