We’re heading off on our journey to Connecticut and the annual Boojum Blast. Can’t wait to see all the costumes tonight. Ours are more or less ready (some assembly required). I went for comfort this year, so I’m already wearing most of mine. Pictures will be forthcoming, of course — with luck, from better photographers…
Category: idleness
Wombat Day!
Per Wombania: ‘In the Autumn of 2005, the Grand Wombat Council, under the wise leadership of President Wombat, realized that the world needed a special day to commemorate the wonderful wombat. October 22nd was chosen, and the very first Wombat Day was observed on October 22, 2005. Wombat Day is alternatively known as “Hug a…
Corvid Sightings
Last night at my pal Barb’s new house, we were greeted by her new door mat with a raven and a line from Poe’s immortal poem, images of crows and ravens everywhere, and better yet by some Legendary Magpie Mead! Quite tasty — and local, too. We’re going to have to get some for ourselves….
A Yurt of One’s Own
I said to Gene the other day that we should just buy some land and get a yurt and live the simple life. Yes, of course, we’d have to rent office space for our books, but it would still be cheaper than our current rent. There’s an appeal to this idea that goes back to…
Another one falls prey…
Hey! Miss Wendy now has a blog — hurrah! Why am I so happy? Is it just because I’m avoiding work (oh no, not that) or is it because I have another way to learn about one of my friends? Well, as we say, a little from column A, a little from column B. The…
Good Eats
Thursday night we celebrated the end of the first week of teaching with a few friendly colleagues. First stop: adding to our passports at Mahar’s. The wide variety always makes choices difficult, but I went for the Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest (just to be seasonal). It was great. I’m working toward that personal mug (only 123 beers…
The Gawker Excoriates You
This time, it’s all about your reading habits, and not that outfit you wear (you know the one). You can read about the original AP poll here.
Warp Your Mind
Head on over to magician Chris Welsh’s site to enjoy a little optical magic (i.e. the above image is not animated!). Browse around his site for more entertaining reality warps.
Ubuweb
Liz Hand over at the inferior 4+1 wrote today about Ubuweb. Wow — what a site! Like I need another place to waste time, but just look at all the artists listed — people like Beckett and Deren and Burroughs and Cocteau! What a cornucopia of delights. Video and audio both — a treasure trove…
Back on the Beat
I still haven’t managed to get a new inner tube for the bike. I figured that I could just pick one up at Target, but they only have mountain bike tires and tubes. So once more I find myself walking up Bought Road, which has its drawbacks. Namely a) people drive so fast they whoosh…