We've seen RoboBees that can fly, stick to walls, and dive into water.
Together we gave birth to the most beautiful little spirit, she was pink and perfect, until... until... the doctor told us she was very ill and would probably "not make it" not make it... not make it... not make it... Like a fly stuck in a jar I was bouncing around in my brain feeling helpless and scared.
Mitchell Baker, whose after-hours pursuits include conversational Mandarin and amateur trapeze flying, sticks out more than a little in the overwhelmingly male geek church of open-source software.
You might start with, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" and end up with "A crazy surfer outruns flying sticks of dynamite while his fans cheer!" Two to 21 players take turns writing sentences and drawing pictures to pass along a message.
This includes long pants (to protect against flying sticks, stones and grass), a hat and/or sunglasses (to keep the sun out of your eyes, so you can mow straighter).
Some of Lee's characters live in the heart of a fake reality; they're bright theatrical flies stuck in some strange ointment that they can't seem to free themselves of — but who among us is free?
You were an insider, a native, a subway traveller, a purveyor of tips into the good stuff, and now you're just another frequent flyer, stuck in a taxi on the Grand Central Parkway as you wing in and out of LaGuardia.
Atelier GH's recent installation, Flying Stick, which was on display at this year's Paris Motor Show, doesn't stray far from this creative tradition.
For me, seeing the American flag flying stick-straight in the wind stirs pride, yearning, and pain: pride in those who fought in battlefields, town halls, and courts of law for the ideals that flag represents; yearning for the day when those ideals will be fully realized for every American, and pain for all who suffer when we fail -- sometimes purposefully -- to stay true to those ideals.
