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“A hand specialist repairing my index finger referred me, not that that was his intention. He pretended to concentrate on the x ray of the

“A hand specialist repairing my index finger referred me, not that that was his intention. He pretended to concentrate on the x ray of the
Out-of-Tune Ostrich In a zone, trying to understand my strange surroundings, I have trouble thinking and speaking at the same time. Afraid my words might

Nutrition “I don’t know much about pigeons. Complaints about money wasted on pigeon feed must come down from the Director. How much can someone who
You saw it here, first: CoPilot’s shallow insight. . . A quirky legacy. Ping pong playing, rope-jumping pigeon, descended from WW II experiments by B.F.
A Few Good Reasons from the Academy of Reality: Why name a pigeon, “Penguin Four?” It turns out the name’s no joke. The book’s anonymous

Is the Academy’s Egg Room for real? Inspiration What kind of realities inspired the idea of calling a space at the Academy of Reality the

Attention Deficit Or Surplus A routine maintenance ritual, copier techs would spread a couple of sheets of newspaper on a copier glass to collect


Why Pigeons? While searching online for B.F. Skinner’s 1950 video of two lab pigeons playing ping pong, I ran into a psychedelic funk rock band.

World War II Penguin Four, the ping-pong-playing, rope-jumping pigeon at the Academy of Reality, has a long-forgotten legacy in scientific circles. According to the Academy’s