{"id":6261,"date":"2013-07-15T18:47:30","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T22:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?p=6261"},"modified":"2013-07-15T18:47:30","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T22:47:30","slug":"forbidden-cave-of-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?p=6261","title":{"rendered":"Forbidden Cave of Wonder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because Laika insistently follows people, she&#8217;s often found in the common area of the highbay building. But it has become necessary to remind her, via signage, that she is not so welcome in the Forbidden Cave of Wonder (not to be confused with the Cave of Forbidden Wonder, or the Forboding Cave of Wonder) (aka the lab).<\/p>\n<p>And to further demonstrate how wondrous a place it is, I have a few photos of people doing tedious jobs.<\/p>\n<!-- Awesome Flickr Gallery Start --><!-- - Version - 3.5.6 - User ID - 27717602@N03 - Photoset ID - 72157634659192484 - Gallery ID -  - Group ID -  - Tags -  - Popular -  - Per Page - 100 - Sort Order - flickr - Photo Size - _m - Custom Size - 0 - Square - false - Captions - on - Description - on - Columns - 3 - Credit Note - off - Background Color - Transparent - Width - auto - Pagination - on - Slideshow - flickr - Disable slideshow? - --><div class='afg-gallery custom-gallery-83' id='afg-83' style='background-color:Transparent; width:100%; color:; border-color:Transparent;'><div class='afg-table' style='width:100%'><div class='afg-row'><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9296931616' title='Forbidden Cave of Wonder'><img class='afg-img' title='Forbidden Cave of Wonder' src='https:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5480\/9296931616_4dd830aed1_m.jpg' alt='Forbidden Cave of Wonder \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9296931616\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Forbidden Cave of Wonder <\/div><div class='afg-description'>No Dogs Allowed<\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9294153769' title='Really, no dogs'><img class='afg-img' title='Really, no dogs' src='https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7366\/9294153769_b49beafdba_m.jpg' alt='Really, no dogs \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9294153769\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Really, no dogs <\/div><div class='afg-description'>Even if you make adorable sad faces<\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9294154239' title='Sasha is a noble and generous person'><img class='afg-img' title='Sasha is a noble and generous person' src='https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7309\/9294154239_b72802a61f_m.jpg' alt='Sasha is a noble and generous person \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9294154239\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Sasha is a noble and generous person <\/div><div class='afg-description'>She sorts the Allen keys during a lab cleanup<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='afg-row'><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9294154735' title='Professors sorting bolts'><img class='afg-img' title='Professors sorting bolts' src='https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3804\/9294154735_67d03b2859_m.jpg' alt='Professors sorting bolts \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9294154735\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Professors sorting bolts <\/div><div class='afg-description'>After a container of them was knocked over<\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9296933526' title='Broken espresso machine'><img class='afg-img' title='Broken espresso machine' src='https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3811\/9296933526_460a104347_m.jpg' alt='Broken espresso machine \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; 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