Here in the States we’re celebrating Flag Day, the day we chose our country’s standard. It’s not particularly special but since I live really close to the parade route I was awoken to a fanfare of High School bands playing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the 21st century. 2012 people. Cardboard boxes are still the most viable thing for looking at a solar eclipse? I demand a refund…that is, if I had actually paid for anything. Yeah, I could get some Blublockers but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve heard that when a person is struck by lightning their chances of being hit dramatically increase and every subsequent lighting strike multiplies that chance over and over again. The same is true for things like abusive/unhealthy relationships and survivors[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Seriously, I don’t think I’ll ever venture into Mexico, even if I would have a capable guide like Kevin around. Living in San Diego, we have a lot of general contact with the news and people out of that somewhat[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If anything, Melanie’s got spunk… and an obsessed determination. A lot of people are good at theory and not application. Others have the skill but not the drive. I wouldn’t quite say that I have a Puritan work ethic but,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sometimes we all have to learn our limits. I mean, yeah, Da Vinci was able to be a painter, inventor, and mapmaker but for the rest of us, there’s so much to master vs. the time to master it. I kinda had[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When I was a kid my older sister cut out a cardboard box for me that was large enough for me to fit in and drew in a bunch of knobs and sci-fi looking gadgets in it. We would pretend[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I won’t bewail the plight of my poor sighted friends and family but one can feel like an outcast in any situation, even if it is genetic superiority. I’ll admit I have my own problems though. I may have keen[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I must be horribly un… ergonomical? Is that a word? Whether a name exists for it or not the pain sure is real. I can go forever on my drawing board or at my easel without batting an eyelash (in pain at least)[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I gotta go back to my roots some time. Oh that sweet sweet steam room. Well, most of the time. This guy was actually a very nice and cool person to talk to. The sheer joy he radiated at being[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…