Brainiac

Found this here in a pile of old files waiting to be discarded here at UCSF where I work. And yes, I do believe (given where I found this) that that is a real brain.

Gypsy Moths

I found this on the ground next to a street sign in the town where I used to live. It looked like it was taped to the sign originally, like an ad. The author ran out of room near the bottom though and had to use the blue duck tape to complete this lovely piece.

Mask Making

Found in an old desk drawer with some other random pictures.

Mitosis

I was in the library writing a biology lab report when I noticed this poem… I’m a biology nerd, but I’ve never resorted to expressing my love for mitosis in verse.

You Are Lost

I found this note under a windshield wiper after coming out of a store. I have two plastic signs on the back of my car, a “Darwin” fish and an “Evolve” fish.

Decapitated in the Name of Science

My friend Tom and I found this letter lying on the side of a display about prehistoric ocean life in the Hall of Oceans in the U.S. Natural History Museum. It was folded around a flyer about sharks, which may explain the part of the letter about the dad being bitten by a shark which … Continued