I was off work and at home today, so I headed over to the Science Museum to see the Body Worlds exhibit. It runs through Sunday (Dec 3), so take time this week if you haven’t squeezed it in yet. It’s open until 11pm every night this week, and it’s open round-the-clock from 8am Friday to the final closing at 11pm Sunday night. I don’t know if the Science Museum has ever done that before, but I guarantee the demand is there. Also, if you go on Thursday, you get BOGO entrees at The Liffey.

(Going in the middle of the afternoon on a weekday meant the Museum was full of senior citizens and high school kids. I swear, I wasn’t like that when I was a teenager. Complete disregard for the presence of anyone else in the entire place. I’m looking at you, Eden Prairie High School.)

The exhibit itself was… striking. Definitely not for the squeamish. The human body is extraordinary and extraordinarily complex. It’s a lot to absorb.
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