"The year was 1925. Every morning, Professor Ueno Eizaburo walked to Shibuya station accompanied by his loyal dog, Hachi, nicknamed Hachiko. Hachiko didn't accompany his master to his teaching job at the Imperial University (now known as Tokyo University), but when Professor Ueno returned every day at 3pm, the dog was always at the station waiting ( Read more... )

For Lori, who is not allowed to talk to her fans while at work. And she's always at work ( Read more... )

I just don't get it when people say, "You can ask me anything, I'm not ashamed of anything ( Read more... )

Dear Mum, as you are no doubt aware of by now, I was caught in the act during my last operation.


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It's not often I am paused by someone's looks. However, the woman at the Greek restaurant certainly was worth stopping for ( Read more... )

I'm going back and finishing up some those quick garbage projects I seem to always start and never finish. Those ones I never finish even though they only take a few hours total to make.

This was supposed to remind me of going to SFMOMA a couple of months ago. Enjoy.

http://www.revisioneight.com/kandinsky/

I am eternally grateful to the cooking of the western Mediterranean for so many things. To the French for convincing me that the only thing you need for a sauce is the fond and a liquid. To the Italians for codifying the process stove top cooking into three words, the battuto, the soffrito, and the insaporire. To the Spanish for making the olive ( Read more... )

That episode of "Mad Men" still gives me the wigs, even now ( Read more... )

"I was just driving back from buying beer for the night so I was as sober as a preacher on Sunday. And I swear to god I see this dark circle on the horizon. It's night so I can only barely make out the outline of a dark, perfect circle silhouetted against the dark night sky. I probably wouldn't have seen it but there were two rings of lights inside ( Read more... )

I always make a point to ask my girlfriends, "hey what's up with all these 'Curves' places opening up everywhere ( Read more... )