Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know, too long without a post. Much too long without a SynCast. Well, I'm on vacation, so piss off!

Aren't these ants cool? You'll recognize it, of course, as an animated verion of a famous MC Escher image. I got it from Escher for Real, via our friends at MonkeyFilter.

The writing's coming along! 4/5 of a chapter left! I should be done by next week.

Speaking of cool stuff to look at, check out these insect closeups. Eww!

And how about ten strange monuments? I really like the last one.

Did you know Stephen Baldwin -- you know, the guy from The Usual Suspects -- is a born-again Christian?

But on Sept. 11, 2001, Baldwin became a born-again Christian. He gave up smoking, stopped drinking and started showing up at US President George W. Bush's campaign events.

He's currently trying to block a planned sex shop in Nyack, New York.

The town's residents are used to celebrities and hardly even noticed him. At least not until two years ago, when Baldwin began posting large signs bearing scripture on his front lawn. ... Baldwin told a reporter with a local paper that he planned to photograph each of the porn shop's patrons and their license plates. The photos, he said, would be offered to newspapers or posted on the Web.

Kinda gives a whole new meaning to: "There's nothing that can't be done." (Sorry, it's the best TPCQ I can remember from TUS.)

I think Josh was the one who linked us to the Ted Steven Tubes Remix. Thanks, J.

Hey, look -- I found Ian Case! I hope he likes the Your Crayons Are Squeaking! Remix.

Okay, enough. I have stuff to do. Have a good rest of the summer, everyone!

TimeWaster™

The Powers of Ten is a really cool video zooming out from Earth, and then zooming into the human body. Awesome stuff. And don't forget The Simpsons' version!

Today I'm listening to: Zero Crossing! (A good album, but I wish every track were as excellent as the Intro.)