In their search to figure out who the hell we are and what we want out of life, neuroscientists Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam trawled through 15,000 Harlequin Romance novels. The resulting list of top ten professions, for the heroes who get star billing, certainly says a lot about us. Prince? Really? Their new book is called A Billion Wicked Thoughts. They write about this and other topics in their blog. Thanks Sue, best librarian in the world, for the original link to Galleycat!

Neville Trickett is a breed apart. He seemingly does everything. And he does it with extraordinary ability. He’s a painter, collector, gardener, retail genius and all-around master of the visual world. Trickett says these paintings are his attempt to see again. He finds the images on the internet and then gives himself 15 minutes to paint each one. The gesture of these small studies manages to capture everything and more about the things themselves. See more of his paintings here. And do take a look at his photostream if you want to peer into his vast cabinet of curiosities.

I’ve seen a lot of press on these low energy compact fluorescent bulbs designed by Sam Wilkinson for Hulger. And up until now, they were incompatible with our voltage here in the US. But yesterday, the Future Perfect in (NYC and Brooklyn) sent out an email saying that they would be carrying the bulbs come end of May.

This thing has been up on a high shelf hiding behind some old photographs and a couple of plastic horses. I love that the name of the product is incorporated into the physical case. And in orange.

These USPS stamps won’t be available until July of this year, but they are worth getting excited about.