Kayaking is like nothing I've done before. I have done the same bit of river four times now, which would tend to start to bore me, except for the part where it's a little different every time due to the water height and flow changes. And the part where I end up traversing different bits with my face in the water.

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This morning the sun woke me up shining straight into my window at 6:14 am ( Read more... )

Some of you know my friends Becca Dilley and Jim Norton. Last year they got married and began writing a book together: a book about Master Cheesemakers of Wisconsin.

Here's a sample of the awesome information they are picking up.

How is it that to get a Texas driver's license they list all of the ways you can prove your social security number for ID purposes except a passport? The number 3 listed item is a pilot's license. Do more people in this state have pilot's licenses than passports? Certainly my passport doesn't have my SSN on it, but it *is* an acceptable way to ( Read more... )

Jesus fucking Christ The world is going to hell in a handbasket if the New York Times is publishing opinions like this ( Read more... )

Wednesday night I looked at the lunar eclipse next to the Empire State Building. I guess that's not weather, but the sky was perfectly clear so it was visible. My sister said that the experience was a great illustration of the difference between Manhattan and Brooklyn: she walked through Manhattan, and it was all business as usual; when she got to ( Read more... )

Does anything suck more than knowing it's totally reasonable that your downstairs neighbors are pounding on the floor to tell you to stop playing Rock Band at 11:30pm on a Sunday night ( Read more... )

Those of you who don't bother to subscribe to my real journal should check it out again. I've been biking! In Texas!

I submit the first day, the second day, and the return trip. The last one even has some photos from the first day. Yeah, my skills as an archivist leave something to be desired.

For someone who doesn't know how to apply normal makeup, I can do a mean elf ear. It's an Instructable, people. This means you can too.

Observing the SF skyline from Treasure Island is a rare treat. Or trick.