Water-Filled Geode

To prove a point, and also to test the capabilities of my camera, I’ve made a nice little [note: 4.5mb Quicktime] movie of a water-filled geode I picked up at some random tourist trap during one or another vacation in West Texas. Supposedly the water in this geode is millions of years old, although I suppose it could’ve been inserted via syringe moments before the hawker sold it to me. I prefer to believe I have prehistoric water trapped in a semi-transparent stone sitting on my shelf.

Nyx thinks the whole idea of the video is creepy, because I’m “a thousand miles away and she’s watching me.”

I told her that if she wanted to see something really creepy, I’d make a little video of exploring my refrigerator. My refrigerator is where food goes to die. It’s not so much a food storage device as it is a crypt — a mausoleum of meals past.