Was this trip to Houston successful? Let's see ...

Ate lots of food I'm nostalgic about ... check

Had great visits with friends ... check

Spoiled nephew rotten ... check

Yeah, I'd say so. Many thanks to those who made time to hang out and who helped make it a fantastic weekend. Sorry I didn't get to see everyone.

If anyone knows of a way for Google Reader to be able to once again see my twitter RSS feed, I'd love to hear it ( Read more... )

Scott Pilgrim vs the World is a movie based on a comic (which in turn was inspired by a song).

The comic has a lot more material than the movie, including a backstory about Scott meeting and dating Kim Pine in high school. That part of the backstory exists as an animation (sweet!) which is faithful to the book.

Forty? Really? It just seems impossible that I am this age ( Read more... )

No one was hurt. Our property wasn't affected. A garage three doors down was gutted by fire around 5am. I woke up to what slowly dawned on me was a power outage. If it weren't for the intermittent beeping of the UPS from the computers upstairs, I might have just gone back to sleep and not realized anything was wrong ( Read more... )

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/russia_in_color_a_century_ago.htmlRead more... )

Pictures from St. Louis and the City Museum start here ( Read more... )

Too many things lately to properly blog them all, but it's been good lately ( Read more... )

Which do you like better, a good novel, or a good reference book?

Hanging out at the entrance of the dealer hall before it opened ( Read more... )