“I permed my hair 12 years ago, because I always wanted a perm, but my mother would never let me have one! I got a lot of stick, but I didn't care - I loved the curls. The growing out was the difficult part!” YearsCareWantedMotherDifficultGrowingHairYears AgoLet MeSticksCurlsPerms Author:Chloe Sevigny
“Eratosthenes's only tools were sticks, eyes, feet, and brains; plus a zest for experiment. With those tools he correctly deduced the circumference of the Earth, to high precision, with an error of only a few percent. That's pretty good figuring for 2200 years ago.” YearsEyeEarthBrainFeetAtheismPercentYears AgoToolsSticksErrorsPositive AtheismExperimentsPlusPrecisionZest Author:Carl Sagan
“Storyboards are kind of inflexible, once you finish making them you have to stick to them. Since animation takes such a long time you become a slave to a storyboard that was created four years ago while as an artist and storyteller you change, you have new ideas.” YearsKindLongIdeasArtistFourLong TimeYears AgoSticksSlaveFour YearsNew IdeasStorytellerAnimation Author:Signe Baumane
“A few years ago, kids from poor areas in France were asked to draw items of food. For a chicken, they drew a drumstick. For a fish, they drew a fish stick. Those are extremes, but there is a lot that needs to be done to help children discover good food.” NeedsYearsChildrenDoneHelpingKidsPoorDrawsAreasYears AgoSticksFishesExtremesFranceChickensItemsGood FoodDrumsticks Author:Joel Robuchon
“It happened in New York, April 10th, nineteen years ago. Even my hand balks at the date. I had to push to write it down, just to keep the pen moving on the paper. It used to be a perfectly ordinary day, but now it sticks up on the calendar like a rusty nail.” WritingYearsHandsMovingUsedHappenedNew YorkPaperOrdinaryYears AgoSticksUsed To BePensNailsAprilCalendarsNineteenOrdinary Days Author:Donna Tartt