Frost
We had a big frost storm the other day. No point to make other than it was really pretty. Note that these are color pictures. This was the grass of our lawn:
Morbid Anatomy
The last time we were in New York, we went to the taping of a radio game show called Ask Me Another, which was a blast, and I highly recommend. However, we got to the place (a pub called The …
Defective Dinosaur Repair
My sister came to me with her defective dinosaur. She had bought it on sale, then discovered that it was missing the cover to its battery holder. It would obviously be inconvenient if the batteries fell out while in the …
Automatically clear Windows logon warning message
I don’t know how widespread a problem this is, but I frequently log on to domains directly or via VPN for clients, and end up with the company’s corporate warning message on my machine on startup. Bad enough to get …
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Really, really great…
We’ve been working on moving my cousin into a long-term care facility, and in the course of doing this, we’ve been going through a lot of old photos. This one is truly incredible though — this picture shows my great-great …
Samurai
This weekend we went to the Samurai exhibit at the Denver Art Museum. It is a collection of Samurai armor, weaponry and clothing from 1100ish to 1800ish. Just from a costumer’s perspective, the exhibit is extremely impressive–the amount of work …
Innocent Bystander
It was Karval Kon time again last weekend, so we had to do a costume. In this case, the costume is of an “innocent bystander” who has to have his face pixelated for his own protection and/or because he refuses …
A Little Door
Since April fool’s day is coming up, I figured it was about time to do a post about the little door. A number of years ago, my boss foolishly decided to go on vacation. Since he was gone, the obvious …
The happiest place…?
I have never been in a war zone or a prisoner of war camp. I’ve never lived in a slum or been abandoned in the middle of an alligator-and-mosquito infested swamp (mental note to contact SyFy with a treatment for …
Fun Zone…
This photo is from the lobby of the Hotel Eleganté in Colorado Springs. They’ve really embraced the idea of fun–in case you can’t read it, the bed has a “try me” sign on it. Interestingly, the hotel has a huge …