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The Font Sizes of the Planets | Orbiting Frog The Solar System as a Wordle. You can get it on a T-shirt, too. (tags: astronomy planets science silly) Confessions of a Community College Dean: Thoughts on Service "[T]he path of least resistance is lip service to service, with a tacit…
The Mid-Majority : Assistant Palestra Custodian for a Day "I presented my credentials. "I'm non-union, I work hard and I work for free," I told Dan. Usually, that gets me in the door every time. But not here. "Well, you'd better be pro-union," Dan replied. I assured him that my profession had no…
A&M bases bonus on student input | Bryan/College Station, Texas - The Eagle ""I've never had so much trouble giving away a million dollars," Chancellor Mike McKinney said, laughing. That's because he's never spent it like this. McKinney plans to give up to $10,000 bonuses to instructors based…
Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog: Protecting aircraft from high-powered lasers Sadly, this does not involve giant laser cannons trying to shoot down planes. (tags: science physics lasers optics) Essay - What to Write Next - Picking a Genre for Your Next Novel - NYTimes.com "Thriller Nothing…

I just enjoyed the dinosaur, but my wife questioned whether it was better than one she claimed to have seen in Yale's Peabody Museum (no memory myself, how could I have forgotten?). So I had to do a quick tour around google's first few pages for "balloon animal" and "balloon sculpture", which didn't show much even coming close to your dinosaur. Perhaps for big, but not as delicately done, however, check out http://www.airigami.com/soccer_players.php . Turns out there's a movie and a controversy about making balloon sculpture: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/business/media/26balloon.html .