I think a lot—some say too much. Behold the results… a collection of my random, scattered thoughts. Pardon the dust, I’m tinkering with the layout in my spare time.Tumblr (3.0; @gbb)http://think.gregorybowers.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m45jr8dAGZ1qz6p9mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Felice Varini - 8 squares - France<br/> , from GB Bowers <a href="http://bit.ly/MmBNPh">http://bit.ly/MmBNPh</a></p>http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/23216097585http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/23216097585Wed, 16 May 2012 22:40:20 -0700mlkshk<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3v37nBxKB1qzr9qko1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.sirmitchell.com/post/22851244873/buzzfeed-thedorseyshawexperience-a-tribute">sirmitchell</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://buzzfeed.tumblr.com/post/22842266229/thedorseyshawexperience-a-tribute-to-mom"><span class="GingerNoCheckStart"></span>buzzfeed</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thedorseyshawexperience.tumblr.com/post/22840531134/a-tribute-to-mom-fashion">thedorseyshawexperience</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A tribute to <strong><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/a-tribute-to-mom-fashion">mom fashion</a></strong>.</p> </blockquote> <p>So much the best.</p> </blockquote> <p><span class="GingerNoCheckEnd"></span>So how did Mitt Romney lose the election? Oh, mom jeans? He wore mom jeans? </p> </blockquote>http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/22864769315http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/22864769315Fri, 11 May 2012 15:58:53 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3l51raIVg1qz6p9mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>useful<br/> , from GB Bowers <a href="http://bit.ly/JdoVc1">http://bit.ly/JdoVc1</a></p>http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/22498995561http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/22498995561Sat, 05 May 2012 22:10:38 -0700mlkshk<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3fp7kQ9791qz6p9mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>pliable new<br/> , from GB Bowers <a href="http://bit.ly/JYKo6Y">http://bit.ly/JYKo6Y</a></p>http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/22310065823http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/22310065823Wed, 02 May 2012 23:40:31 -0700mlkshk<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3fp7hhcEo1qz6p9mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Doormat<br/> , from GB Bowers <a href="http://bit.ly/KTuBt1">http://bit.ly/KTuBt1</a></p>http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/22310064785http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/22310064785Wed, 02 May 2012 23:40:29 -0700mlkshk<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3fp7b899m1qz6p9mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’ve kept this for nearly 10yrs and it never gets old…<br/> , from GB Bowers <a href="http://bit.ly/JYKgV8">http://bit.ly/JYKgV8</a></p>http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/22310062133http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/22310062133Wed, 02 May 2012 23:40:22 -0700mlkshk<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3bvscuiMe1qz6p9mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>coneheads<br/> , from GB Bowers <a href="http://bit.ly/ImBZdd">http://bit.ly/ImBZdd</a></p>http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/22178105464http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/22178105464Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:12:11 -0700mlkshk<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3bvqqJxCW1qz6p9mo1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p>match<br/> , from GB Bowers <a href="http://bit.ly/JOAyau">http://bit.ly/JOAyau</a></p>http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/22178102610http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/22178102610Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:11:12 -0700mlkshk<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3bv0pxksA1qz6p9mo1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p>match<br/> , from GB Bowers <a href="http://bit.ly/JOAyau">http://bit.ly/JOAyau</a></p>http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/22177402408http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/22177402408Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:55:35 -0700mlkshk<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3buba3Eko1qz6p9mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Raggedy Ayn Rand<br/> , from GB Bowers <a href="http://bit.ly/IjTM3Y">http://bit.ly/IjTM3Y</a></p>http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/22176627260http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/22176627260Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:40:21 -0700mlkshk<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3btmhZUvt1qz6p9mo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Same<br/> , from GB Bowers <a href="http://bit.ly/KnzyF9">http://bit.ly/KnzyF9</a></p>http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/22175857078http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/22175857078Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:25:28 -0700mlkshk<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m39terpvtF1qz6p9mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>when things got weird.jpg<br/> , from GB Bowers <a href="http://bit.ly/Iz0J5U">http://bit.ly/Iz0J5U</a></p>http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/22098266473http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/22098266473Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:25:39 -0700mlkshk“For the first eight years of our marriage, [Michelle and I] were paying more in student loans than what we were paying for our mortgage. So we know what this is about. <br/><br/> And we were lucky to land good jobs with a steady income. But we only finished paying off our student loans—check this out, all right, I’m the President of the United States—we only finished paying off our student loans about eight years ago.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>—President Obama in North Carolina on why Congress has to act to <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/04/24/president-obama-asks-students-tell-congress-dontdoublemyrate">prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling</a> (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://barackobama.tumblr.com/">barackobama</a>)</p> <p>I never finished college. I stopped going when I couldn’t afford the tuition for the semester. My wife has a BA in Sociology, and a student loan in the $30-40k range. I make 3-4x her average salary since leaving college. Something is fundamentally flawed with our education system (let alone wage discrepancies between the sexes) when people can invest so much in an education, and get so little back in return. And somehow there are elected officials who say “Well, you should pay more… we have to balance our budget, and  education is an easy thing to target. Stay away from the rich and our bombs, though!”</p> <p>(Needless to say, I approve of our President.)</p></em>http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/21874754334http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/21874754334Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:50:22 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33ufqlDMS1qz6p9mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://kottke.org/12/04/vatican-city-atms-use-latin">Vatican City ATMs use Latin</a>)</p> <p>Even more notable: they use latin <em>IN COMIC SANS!</em></p> <p>(Side note: my security badge at work has our username in Comic Sans. Every designer in the company cries a little when they put it on.)</p>http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/21867121294http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/21867121294Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:02:14 -0700“<p>In a review of the Color Uncovered iPad app, Carl Zimmer highlights something I hadn’t heard before: Claude Monet could see in ultraviolet.</p> <p>“Late in his life, Claude Monet developed cataracts. As his lenses degraded, they blocked parts of the visible spectrum, and the colors he perceived grew muddy. Monet’s cataracts left him struggling to paint; he complained to friends that he felt as if he saw everything in a fog. After years of failed treatments, he agreed at age 82 to have the lens of his left eye completely removed. Light could now stream through the opening unimpeded. Monet could now see familiar colors again. And he could also see colors he had never seen before. Monet began to see — and to paint — in ultraviolet.”</p> <p>The condition is called aphakia.</p>”<br/><br/> - <em><p><a href="http://kottke.org/12/04/monets-ultraviolet-vision">Monet’s ultraviolet vision</a>, via Kottke.</p> <p>Seriously, though… who doesn’t want to see new colors, especially as an artist?</p></em>http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/21279185849http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/21279185849Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:34:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2audsZ1O11qz6p9mo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Ron Swanson<br/> , from GB Bowers <a href="http://bit.ly/HG9rwq">http://bit.ly/HG9rwq</a></p>http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/20890715944http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/20890715944Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:10:39 -0700mlkshk<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2audcViGA1qz6p9mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Man among men<br/> , from GB Bowers <a href="http://bit.ly/HAj1zy">http://bit.ly/HAj1zy</a></p>http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/20890704936http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/20890704936Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:10:24 -0700mlkshk<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2aucxCsfo1qz6p9mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>BREWARRIOR<br/> , from GB Bowers <a href="http://bit.ly/HG9nwt">http://bit.ly/HG9nwt</a></p>http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/20890694477http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/20890694477Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:10:08 -0700mlkshk<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2at1eRdGr1qz6p9mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>You Had Me<br/> , from GB Bowers <a href="http://bit.ly/I1XvjZ">http://bit.ly/I1XvjZ</a></p>http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/20889520955http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/20889520955Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:41:38 -0700mlkshk<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2at0ftDSM1qz6p9mo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Internet!<br/> , from GB Bowers <a href="http://bit.ly/IwMP2A">http://bit.ly/IwMP2A</a></p>http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/20889508639http://think.gregorybowers.com/post/20889508639Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:41:01 -0700mlkshk