Bit Parts in Print
We are currently on vacation, so I haven’t been staying quite on-top of things as usual (so, below an already low bar). Anyway, I just found out that my story Bit Parts has come out in print in a best-of …
Category: Travel
Machu Picchu Puzzle
A while ago we got a puzzle of Machu Picchu, but it wasn’t very good. The picture was kind of fuzzy and the pieces were thin and bendy and didn’t stick together very well. Still, we did it and moved …
Beef Jerky
I can’t tell if this is the worst or best marketing I’ve ever seen. I’d say it was tasteless, but honestly I didn’t try it.
Lunar Eclipse
Managed to stay up for last night’s lunar eclipse (Okay, it was only until a little after 10:00pm, but I’m a wimp). we had a clear sky, and it was pretty impressive. After my first few attempts at getting a …
The Monster
Frankenstein’s monster, posing with some guy in a mask:
Sparks in the snow
Was driving home the other day when I suddenly noticed that sparks seemed to be shooting out of my side mirror! After a moment, I realized that it was the turn-signal on the mirror reflecting off of the snow, which …
Eclipse
I don’t know if anyone noticed, but there was a total eclipse of the sun this week (on Monday, August 21st, 2017)!! Anna and I and some friends drove up to Wyoming on Sunday, and on Monday morning found a …
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 …
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 …
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 …