Some art, maybe a little gardening, a few other bits.

I emailed Anderson Cooper, of CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360°”, to let him know that I really enjoyed last night’s two sets of interviews: The f...

It has been a long time since I posted, so I’ll just do a little stream-of-conscious bibbleblab. I attended a coin club meeting the weekend ...

I see that the James Randi Education Foundations has changed the rules in its Million Dollar Challenge, as discussed in this Wired.com news ...

A couple of nights ago I finished reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, and I thought it was quite good....

Art: A few days ago I created a lame sketch of Kim. It's nothing at all to brag about. I can, however, brag about Erin, who creates wond...

This may be my last post. There is a poinsettia on the table between my desk and my co-worker’s. In order to demonstrate the non-toxicity of...

Our family tradition is to spend New Year’s Day in our pajamas. Monday morning I was able to sleep quite late (9:15) after an evening of yea...

One highlight of this past weekend was a visit from Grandma Meki, Minimeki, Mekimeki, and Mrs. Meki. What an adorable bunch! Minimeki is es...

Regarding the first two photos: There was a shot of them that looked better posed--it's just a better picture of them--but I'm fond ...

Christmas Eve. Erin was told she could pick out some cookies to leave for Santa. Naturally, she picked the most impressive work of art gene...

As a Christmas gift, Kim's sister Pam transferred to DVD many hours' worth of digital video that we had shot. Best gift ever! Now we...

Jill's birthday party was a fantastic success! Kim did lots of work to get things in order, baked a cake, decorated, and even vacuumed u...

Today, the winter solstice, is Jill's birthday. Lately, she has been super-sweet in an attempt to wring more presents from us. But I kee...

1) My baby is an octopus monkey. We ate at El Tarrasco last night, and in a two minute period Jill grabbed and sucked on a bottle of the gre...

Interesting and amusing: Ratings for stinging insects I shall avoid places that have bullet ants.

Contrary to popular opinion - as well as un popular opinions expressed by me - I don't actually hate Christmas. I'm actually rather ...

I am proud to say that I have started a vowel conservation program for our office. Employees are now encouraged to reshuffle, save, cut, and...

The U.S. Mint will be issuing a new series of coins, beginning next year, commemorating the U.S. Presidents. Similar to the State Quarters P...

This morning I wore my long underwear and wore my heavy coat, and I felt jolly and jaunty on the way to work. I was actually humming and whi...

I had a marvelous dream last night that I was with my dad (or Kim's dad--the identities were dream-shifty) in a painter's studio on ...