Comments on: A Not-So-Good Day

By: Simpson’s Paradox » Severed Heads

Simpson’s Paradox » Severed Heads — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:17:50 +0000

[...] Thinking about the layers of stuff reminds me that even my heavy-handed symbolism doesn’t exist in a vacuum. I didn’t look too closely (because, um… I did mention that it’s a plastic severed head, right?), but it seems to be injection molded plastic, which means someone designed the mold, and the paint. Do you think it went like this: Today, I have made my mark on the world, I designed a mold for plastic severed heads, and these heads will outlast me. Or maybe all those new hires in design are incompetent, so I got stuck redesigning the neck wounds. College kids come in and think they know everything, but it takes years in the field to really get that look of severed spine. Do you think, after that, someone else worked out that they could save 84 cents per dozen by making the plastic just a tiny bit thinner? And someone mixed a paint palette of dead-flesh colors. [...]

By: Simpson’s Paradox » Bradford’s Ordinary

Simpson’s Paradox » Bradford’s Ordinary — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:21:40 +0000

[...] a landscape of interchangeable strips malls and industrial parks and the highways leading there, the lifestyle I wanted to escape by moving to [...]

By: Su-May

Su-May — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 07:49:00 +0000

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By: petite girl

petite girl — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 07:33:00 +0000

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