Not a tree. Looks like the flower from century plant or a relative

Ze Frank had a great personal site with a dozen JavaScript / flash apps that let you draw with different brushes etc. fun time waster

Brush teeth more

I think we need to probe further. Deeper

Books. This year I’ve caught up with harry Dresden and Carl & doughnut. Piranesi was great. A solid recommend. Sanderson’s Tailored Realities was a nice collection of snapshots into different parts of his universe

Yes. I was confused also