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The Scale of Life — 'Everyday Life in Real Time'

"A lot happened in the past... seconds."

Fair warning: there goes the day.

[via my Crack Rochester [New York] Correspondent©®™ Greg Perkins' friend Brian]

'Creativity without waste is impossible' — Alexander Liberman

[1948 photograph by Irving Penn]

The longtime editorial director of first Vogue magazine [1943-1960] and later the entire Condé Nast empire [1960-1994] made the headlined remark in an interview.

Just so.

A surgeon who never removes a normal appendix is not a good surgeon.

That is because the practice of waiting until appendicitis is floridly present causes more patients to end up with peritonitis and its dreaded complications than if they underwent surgery when early ambiguous subtle signs and symptoms were present.

I would go further than Liberman and say that a huge amount of waste — in both time and treasure — is required if anything worthwhile is to result.

But hey — that's just my opinion.

And opinions are like... well, you know how it goes.

'Limited-Edition' Tesla Cyber Spoon

It came out last year in China as part of a McDonald's promotion.

From The Verge: 

This Cybertruck-inspired McFlurry spoon is real, but it's only available in China

You can now add cutlery to the list of official Cybertruck-inspired products that hit the market before Tesla managed to launch the actual vehicle.

The automaker's Chinese business arm teamed up with McDonald’s to produce 50,000 limited-edition "Cyber Spoons."

The stainless steel spoon sports the EV's angular design and brushed silver finish and reportedly cost 30 yuan (around $4).

It comes with its own storage tube that has "Powered by Tesla" stamped on the end.

Oh, and the spoon itself says "DON’T PANIC," a nod to the book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy written by Tesla CEO Elon Musk's "favorite philosopher," Douglas Adams.

McDonald's in China also made Cybertruck-inspired McFlurry packaging as part of the promotion.

Fortunately for you,  there's eBay.

$24.99.

One more thing: I chose to put "Limited-Edition" in quotes up in the headline because 50,000 would seem to me to be stretching the definition beyond its semantic elastic limit.