Nickel Creek – The Fox
Back in the fall of 2000 -my senior year of college- I strolled into the campus food court for the monthly free concert. I went to most of those concerts for the simple fact that it was next door to… Continue Reading
Covid vaccines and Evusheld
About 2 weeks ago I had a positive covid test. I was feeling fatigued and had a runny nose. I’m feeling back at my baseline and had a negative test. I was done with isolation 2 days ago. The fatigue… Continue Reading
My inventions
A few times in my life, I’ve come up with an idea for an invention. But every single time, I discovered that someone was already working on it. Two of my “inventions” were in the news today. “Smart glass” is… Continue Reading
Dea*
It seems like half the characters in superhero comics have dead or death in their names. It’s a bit ridiculous. “Lord Death Man also known as Death Man is a Gotham City gangster skilled at yoga.”
Covid Map
I guess I opened up a can of worms when I posted a whiny complainy entry last week. I swear I will make this a positive place again. But I can’t quit thinking about Oregon’s covid map. It used to… Continue Reading
Pixie
Pixie was a very special cat. She had been a part of our love story since almost the beginning. We had her 18 years, soon after we got engaged. We found her at a shelter in Tuscaloosa and were drawn… Continue Reading
My experience with the American healthcare “system”
I started this blog as a sort of gratitude journal, a place for positivity. But I have a story I want to tell, I want to get down in writing and I have nowhere else to post it. It always… Continue Reading
Chalk Hill Figures
WARNING: This post contains 1000-year-old cartoon nudity. Some day I would like to see the chalk Hill Figures in England. Because of the properties of the local soil, one can carve art into the turf and fill it with nearby… Continue Reading
Michael Golden, I mean Mike Zeck
Wow. I just read the classic 80s Spider-Man saga “Kraven’s Last Hunt” with art by Mike Zeck. I had halfway-written this long post about a convoluted story involving getting Mike Zeck’s autograph on some comics spanning 2 comic cons. Then… Continue Reading
Scientists
Ask your friends, “I want to know how much a liter of water weighs. Do you know the answer?” Some of your friends will say, “It’s one kilogram. Someone I trust told me that once.” Some will say, “I don’t… Continue Reading