Someone go back in time. Tell William Paterson of New Jersey that this ( Read more... )

This is not a project, per se, and there's no tutorial; I just felt like I should start trying to draw with nodes. So the three big shapes in this drawing started out as ovals. Then I added a bunch of "nodes" and re-shaped the circles into something close to human features. I don't think I want to finish it, but I'm glad I practiced the skill ( Read more... )

Another Inkscape project. I got a little nuts with this one, adding way too many details and then deleting them and then changing the colors... but I'm happy with it. And I DID learn some new things about Inkscape, even though the project looks simple. I learned how to change node types, convert objects to path (though who knows what that means?), ( Read more... )

I just watched The New World on Amazon instant video. I can't believe I hadn't seen it before! I kind of make it my business to see sweeping historical movies like that. I can't say it was my most favorite type of movie. It had a really odd quiet feel to it, a lot like Girl With a Pearl Earring. And it was a very pretty movie, featuring a lot of ( Read more... )

Help, my mind is stuck in property-land... fee simple defeasible... fee simple subject to condition subsequent... fee simple absolute... estate in tail male... fee tail female special...

I thought I was done with unnecessarily complex terminology when I left philosophy...

Wow. Remember when I said law students are bat-shit crazy? As it turns out, so are pre-law students. And in a perfect storm of craziness, one of my fellow law students decided to read this bit of mania - aloud - in the few moments of dead silence and mental preparation before our criminal law exam (back in December... I forgot about the whole ( Read more... )

Today feels like a fresh start. It's going to be hot (82) and sunny for the first time since the fall. We have all the windows open and there is a refreshing breeze coming through. Ivan is pooping a little again. I cleaned up a lot of the apartment: a much easier task without a puppy underfoot. I feel like there is peace again and I have my own ( Read more... )

That I report the return of Archer AKA Tonto to the PAWS adoption center. After six days of trying to fit him into our lives, I became one of "those people" we used to complain about at GPR. For one thing, Ivan didn't take to Archer very well. He hasn't pooped at all since his arrival, and I'm having to syringe-feed him pumpkin to try to remedy the ( Read more... )

Today it seems like the harshness of winter is in retreat. The sky is a harmless white-gray, and there is no threat either of cold wind or cold rain. And for some reason, there is a pervasive smell of doughnuts in the air. This seems to happen at times in the city, that the air surrounding several blocks takes on a characteristic scent. Normally it ( Read more... )

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