Flowering Plum
This is an aggressively pink tree in our backyard.
Spider-Man newspaper strip
My first memory of Spider-Man was the Sunday funny pages strip. Or maybe I don’t directly remember it, but I’ve seen a picture of me “reading” it upside down. [Not pictured: toddler me reading Spider-Man upside down] The strip ran… Continue Reading
The Sympathizer
I really love the 7-part TV series The Sympathizer on HBO. As wacky as it could be, it filled in some of the context from when I worked at a Vietnamese-owned clinic with a large number of Vietnamese patients. It still humbles me some of the adversity people have been through. Spoilers after the break. Continue Reading
We Need a Little Christmas
I’m a big fan of having a winter holiday full of lights and shiny things just as the daylight shrinks to a minimum.This Saturday we went to Hillsboro’s drive-thru Lightopia. It was free, so a pretty good value. I’m going… Continue Reading
The Tangled Tree
The Tangled Tree by David Quammen has split my brain open. The first 2/3 was well-written, entertaining science history. It provided some context to the evolution discoveries that were developing while I was in college and med school. Then it… Continue Reading
Activitypub again??
Again, testing federation
Incredible Hulk
(contains disturbing comic images)
I’ve posted before about the amazing horror-style artwork in Immortal Hulk. It’s pretty mind-bending stuff. Continue Reading
Adaptive Biketown
The weekend before last, My dad, son, and I went to ride some bikes rented near OMSI on the East bank of the Willamette. This place had multiple types of recumbent, multi-person, and standard bikes. The employee (or volunteer?) helped… Continue Reading
Oregon Heritage Farms
Apple cider slushie, apple cider donuts, goats, pumpkin patch, hayride through the orchard! Check it out!
West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta
Las Sunday, the wife and kid and I went to see the Giant Pumpkin Regatta in Tualitin, OR. Essentially folks in Halloween costumes kneel down in humungous hallowed-out pumpkins and race them like they’re Kayaks. It’s pretty ridiculous, free, and… Continue Reading