Lego Patent Drawing from 1958 and Octavia Butler [One More Thing Before We Go] [XXOO]

Let’s all take a moment to admire this LEGO patent drawing from 1958, and get lost in nerdy childhood memories. ~via LikeCool

And after we’re done doing that, give a wave to today’s Lady Nerd, Octavia Butler. She was nominated by Ernessa, who said, “I didn’t know any black women were even writing sci-fi until I stumbled across her first book, DAWN, in a bookstore in Beijing. I only found the store because I was super-duper lost, and trying to find some other place. For whatever reason it had a whole basement filled with English-language books. Once I left, I was never able to find it again. Probably because I have zero orientation skills, but also maybe because it was the Brigadoon of book shops. In any case, I’ve always attributed finding that first Octavia Butler book to magic.”