• Tastes like burning

    On December 7th, my wife and I, with the help of some friends, put down about 3000 square feet of sod in our front yard. It was tough work, but worth every strained muscle and aching back: the yard looks beautiful. In addition to representing lots of hard work, the lawn also represents a significant…

  • Christmas 2002

    The scent of balsam fir and spiced cider permeates every corner of our house. Wrapping paper and ribbons, tags and tape litter the living room floor. Our cats chase bits of ribbon and bows, tearing around the floor like they are kittens again. Ferris snores heavily by the fire. We turn out all the lights,…

  • Trek XI

    Fark had a photoshop contest yesterday. The theme was to make a poster for the next Star Trek movie. Currently leading the voting is the following poster, brilliantly designed by Reisende. Thanks, man!

  • The Fires of Mordor

    We are under partly cloudy skies today here in Pasadena. All day long, the blue sky has been brilliant and beautiful. The few clouds that dot the sky are small and fluffy, blown at incredible speeds by the high altitude winds, and illuminated to a magnificently bright white by the sun. About 20 minutes ago,…

  • Cough revisited

    An 8×10 sale update! The photo lab finished printing my order this morning, so all the 8x10s have been mailed out, except for about 6, for people who haven’t told me what to sign on their pictures. So if you’ve ordered, but you haven’t sent me your request, get on it, man! 🙂 Anything going…