SpiderFarmer

I just got back from a fabulous week in Chicago spent with a friend of more years than either of us will admit in public, her charming husband and their newest addition; the best behaved baby in the universe. (Also, just about the cutest thing in diapers. And he has that new baby smell. Altogether, [...]

Regarding Blizzard’s decision to force it’s 8 million users to use their real names in a public forum to get tech support or join in any discussions, Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick said in an interview that there would be  no pushback from users, because nobody expected privacy these days anyway. (At the time I write, [...]

I grew up on the Gulf Coast. Some of my earliest memories are of sitting on my grandparent’s porch watching the tide move through the sea oats as pelicans swooped down to catch their dinner. Seagulls screaming at tourists, the buzz of a million insects, frogs bwraaaping, lizards scurrying, white heat shimmering from golden sands.
I [...]

Yesterday Boy and I went to the Ft. Worth Science Museum.  Which appears to be a lot cooler than the Dallas one, but holy mother of all that is sciencey, it was ridiculously crowded.  It took two hours to get there because of freeway traffic. We had to park a half a mile a way, [...]

Not too long ago I read Iron Council by China Mieville…which resonated with me in ways I’m still having trouble reconciling. So, when I was sent these images from Russian motorcyclists (at Lost Biker Ru) touring through Northern Siberia, who came across the Lost Railroad, one of Stalin’s Follies; I had to share.

We’ve recently come [...]