If I sound extra energetic, it's because a pretty girl on the street, not in any kind of customer service capacity whatsoever, smiled at me. It was pretty great. Anyway, here's an exploration of Rube Goldberg and his fantastical fantabulous machines...if they were designed TO KILL! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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U.S. Patent Office: U.S. Patent No. 269,766, issued December 26, 1882, to James A. Williams for "Animal-Trap."

Legal History & Commentary: Google Patents/Public Records, detailing Williams's explicit patent claims regarding adaptation for securing doors/windows against intruders.

Court Documents: People v. Smit, California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division Two (2013).

News Reporting: The Los Angeles Times & The San Diego Union-Tribune coverage of the Hemet, California police task force attacks and Nicholas Smit’s sentencing (2010–2013).

FBI Records: Federal Bureau of Investigation Historic Case Files, "Harvey's Hotel Bombing (John Birges)."

Media & Documentation: Zero Hour: The Bombing of Harvey's (Documentary) and contemporary coverage by The New York Times (August 1980).

Historical Literature: Ann Larabee, The Dynamite Fiend: The Chilling Tale of Alexander Keith Jr., America's First Terrorist (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).

Archive Coverage: The Times of London and international press reports on the Bremerhaven dock explosion (December 1875).

Primary Source: Julijonas Urbonas, Euthanasia Coaster project specifications and conceptual design essays, Royal College of Art/JulijonasUrbonas.php (2010).

Exhibition Documentation: Science Gallery Dublin & Center for Extraordinary Visual Arts catalogs.

Documentary Film: Errol Morris, Mr.Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999).

Investigative Reporting: The Boston Globe & The New York Times investigative profiles on execution technology contracts in the late 1980s.

Michael Ryan Eviction Trap (1993): News Reporting: Associated Press & local Illinois newspaper archives (October/November 1993) covering the barricade, discovery of black-powder traps, and subsequent criminal charges.

Spring-Gun / Booby-Trap Law: Katko v. Briney, 183 N.W.2d 657 (Iowa 1971).

U.S. Patent Code: 35 U.S.C. § 101 (Invention Utility and Operability Requirements).