Monthly Archives: January 2011
Friday Happy Hour: The Citrus Sidecar
Clementines and tangerines are popular treats this time of year – appearing in grocery stores around Christmastime in cheerful orange boxes. Of course, after taking one or two in your lunch for a month, maybe you’re wearying of them just … Continue reading
A League of My Own
When I moved to San Diego from Northern Illinois, the great weather here almost compelled me to start doing things outside. One of the things that I started doing was playing tennis. I had played a little when I was … Continue reading
Bad Project
I know that I’ve posted a couple of these before, but I thought that this send-up was exceptional because of the lyrics (which everyone that has gone to grad school in the sciences can attest to), and (truly inspired by … Continue reading
Quiz Time
Try your hand at my “Redheads in science fiction” quiz over at SciFi Media… http://bit.ly/h0d8TX Good luck!
Friday Drabble: Separations
Remember, a drabble is a very short story of exactly 100 words. Feel free to join in and write your own drabbles on Fridays and tag them with “friday drabble” and on Twitter with the hashtag #fridaydrabble. Separations Brightest light. … Continue reading
Santa Ana Saturday
After a long and (by Southern California standards) cold and rainy fall and early winter, we were treated to a glorious day of mild Santa Anas that ushered in warm temps (75-80) and bright clear sunshine. This was particularly fortuitous … Continue reading
A Grand Adventure
After a decade in California, I finally visited one of its iconic places – Disneyland. I had never been before and it was always one of those places that the Beloved and I kept saying we “ought” to go. We’d … Continue reading
Hmm your way to an A
There was a lot on the news yesterday about how the newly sworn-in House of Representatives decided to read the Constitution in its entirety at the beginning of their session. Now the Constitution can be a pretty dry recitation, but … Continue reading
Book Review: “Doomsday Book” by Connie Willis
I’ve occasionally heard the science fiction writing of Ray Bradbury be labeled as “soft” – in that his stories might take place in the future or have aliens, but that he doesn’t spend a lot of expositional effort on how … Continue reading
2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. … Continue reading
