November 22, 2009
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Delighting in Details

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May / June 2005
Miranda Pinero Tablet 
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  • Chincherinchee, love lies bleeding, sweet william, sugarbush and love-in-a-mist are all names of flowers.
  • The human heart weighs about 10 ounces. About as big as an adult fist, it pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood every day, beating about 100,000 times every 24 hours.
  • More than 400 trees on the planet come from seeds carried into space by the Apollo 14 mission. They're called moon trees.
  • The bee hummingbird is 2.24 inches long and weighs less than half an ounce.
  • Designers used to sketch random pictures on unused portions of microchips: itty-bitty graffiti.
  • Marmosets typically are born in twin pairs.
  • Elements present in interpersonal love (according to wikipedia.org): affection, attachment, reciprocation, commitment, emotional intimacy, kinship, passion, physical intimacy, self-interest, and service.
  • Mooshika is Sanskrit for 'mouse.'
  • Lidwina of Shiedam is the patron saint of prolonged suffering, sickness, bodily ills, roller skaters, and ice skating. (Her memorial day is April 14.)

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DON'T YOU FEEL better already? Your homework, and mine, is to keep looking. The world expands when you start to explore its ridiculous, amazing details. And it's really hard to be surly when you're investigating marmosets and moon trees. Trust me.

Reprinted from the indie cultural magazine Tablet (Jan. 2005). Subscriptions: $20/yr. (12 issues) from 1122 E. Pike #1435, Seattle, WA 98122; www.tabletmag.com

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