A Very Test Tube Christmas

Seattle's Colors have transformed into something a little more festive than their previous incarnation. This is a living installation, in that each tube may be cleaned and refilled with specimens found near my home. These items were all collected from Magnuson Park on a Saturday stroll with my wife. 'Tis the season for red and white berries. The previous incarnation grew a variety of mold in the months between Seattle Colors V1 and V2, further emphasizing the living nature of this piece.

Here are the same berries - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet - after growing mold and being submerged in dilute bleach. I wonder what the next phase of Seattle's Colors will be? If you have any ideas for me, here's a fun craft: Download the image below, color it in and emailit to me. (Or just post a comment below.)

Merry Christmas! And please don't go out and buy stuff just for the sake of it. Consider crafting something personal, giving a gift of an experience or assembling a creative alternative to a store-bought item.

Contest

The winner of this first contest at Hope for Pandora gets a FOSEP pen. The fancy clicky type.

While I was finishing data collection for one of my experiments, I came up with a clever title for a blog post or opinion article. Since I am currently too tired to think, I have decided to solicit opinion from you all about what article should go with my overly clever title. You're right - I admit this is just a way to PUNt my creative blogging duties. The title is:

"Conscience vs. Con Science"

Your task is to suggest for me a topic and a catchy lead sentence. I will do the rest of the work of writing a post. I might even have to argue for something I don't believe in...

The entry deadline is May 25. Submit your entry as a comment below.

I will mail the pen at my expense anywhere in the world.


Yes, I was sad when i found out that someone else already thought of this pun. He even titled his blog Conscience vs. Con Science.