Snickers, gum balls, COVID test
January 5, 2022The first vending machine, it is said, was developed by a Greek engineer named Hero of Alexandria. He created a simple machine that accepted coins and dispensed holy water. The age of industrialization prompted the creation of many other vending machines. Some sold tobacco in taverns. One English bookseller developed a machine in 1822 that sold banned books.
More and more vending machines appeared selling soft drinks in bottles or cups, racy postcards, stationery, gum balls and other snacks.
And COVID-test kits – not sold, but provided for students, faculty and staff members (at Fancy Pants University.)
If you find yourself in Cedar Creek, Texas, you can buy a full size pecan pie in a vending machine at the Berdoll Pecan Farm.
And in Heuvelland, Belgium you can find this potato vending machine. So you will never run out.
Nice
January 4, 2022
“Set against a star-studded backdrop, Comet Leonard, aka the Chrismas Comet, blazed overhead on December 26, emitting a colorful stream of light that illuminated the dark skies. Andrew McCarthy documented the celestial body as it hurtled over the Arizona horizon and created this striking, magnified composite of 25 separate shots. The image, along with a wider photo shown below, captures the brilliant colors surrounding the nucleus as it flies 150,000 miles per hour through space. Comet Leonard was first spotted about 466 million miles away on January 3, 2021, and is making its closest pass to the sun exactly one year later, before it’s expelled from our solar system entirely.”
Did we see it here? Nope.
Where I am reading
December 29, 2021
I have noticed that around here when public libraries are “renovated” they tend to become cold, hard, tech-focused places. It was a delight to find this library in Sewickley, Pennsylvania that is still brimming with charm.
Tattoo Tuesday
December 28, 2021
Magical
December 22, 2021
This work is my Wilfried Grootens. I wish they showed the process, but alas. To read more go to Colossal.
Gunsmoke and Knitting 