I went to MOCA Cleveland last Saturday, courtesy of some free passes from CHK, who works in their development area. Those of you in Cleveland have probably already seen its new vaguely collapsed cube at the corner of Euclid and Mayfield which was designed by Farshid MoussaviFortunately, the building is pretty cool looking, because it's clear that ( Read more... )

This is distinct from my list of places I want to eat at some time.

- The Botanical Gardens. I haven't been since they built the big fancy space.
- The various cultural gardens. I've only driven past them. Here's a shot of the Italian one taken by herpdaddy.
- The USS Cod. I'd better get to it before I get much fatter ( Read more... )

Everybody and their brother posted part 1 of this, but so far I've only seen part 2 via lipitup - so here it is.

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Tonight I finished my 100th book of the year. Ok, so technically if you don't count graphic novels it is only my 72nd book of the year, but it is not like there is a scoring rules guideline here. As it happens, book #100 would have rated a review even without its lofty number, because Assassination Vacation was hilarious.

The grammatically named ( Read more... )

Data Point 1: I admit that when my manager called me 30 minutes ago, I was expecting something along the lines of "oh my god, something just went horribly wrong and we need you back in the office this minute." I was shocked to instead hear that our CEO has declared tomorrow a 'voluntary work day'. If we can get into the office safely or if we can ( Read more... )

My paternal grandfather was a jeweler for most of his working life. The house he lived in when I was little had a small workshop in the basement. When we visited him I liked sitting down there and watching him fix things. There were lathes, molds to form molten gold, an assortment of small fine tools, and other mysterious items that delighted the ( Read more... )