February 2012
5 posts
January 2012
6 posts
The nerdiest conversation I will have all day...
…concerning the Ostrich power nap micro environment
Me: i also don’t think it’s a real thing. Rob: dude its on the internet thus it is REAL Me: It’s like the banta sleeping bag Rob: you mean tauntaun sleeping bag Me: that’s the one. is a banta a star wars character? Rob: a Bantha is a star wars character Me: this is the nerdiest conversation i will have all day. Rob:...
New favorite toy.
December 2011
4 posts
The stillness. That’s what bleary-eyed expats remember when they first arrive in...
– —Wonderfully apt description of arriving in Pittsburgh via the Fort Pitt tunnel, in a profile of Pittsburgh Penguin Evgeni Malkin.
We’ll be taking the PA Turnpike in during our trip this weekend from D.C., which pales in comparison.
November 2011
6 posts
October 2011
6 posts
In case you were looking forward to Monday... →
In Tall Buildings — Gillian Welch
September 2011
7 posts
What right has any man to become a perambulating nuisance — a moving smoke-house...
– New York Times, 1853 editorial on public smoking
Obamabees!
More Bad Weather on the Way →
Soggy feet. Missing my bike. Loving Steve Martin’s banjo.
August 2011
6 posts
This was a real nice #earthquake, and we all had a real good time
– coworker, post-evacuation, while trying to cobble together tomorrow’s news stories.
I want to live in this version.
Please note the absence of insane debt ceiling shenanigans, face-melting swamp humidity, ravenous mosquitoes and sycophantic hill-staffers. Creative license, I guess.
July 2011
5 posts
Thirsty bumble…
Have been trying since May to find something that would lure my bees away from whatever birdbath/dog bowl/child’s pool they initially latched onto as a water source.
Finally, a combo of soaked dishtowel and moss seems to have the makings of a bee cantina oasis. Bottoms up!
June 2011
7 posts
Summon every energy of your mind and heart and strength, and let the traitors...
– —Wheeling Intelligencer, April 30, 1861, Editor Archibald Campbell, urging mountaineers to remain loyal to the North via the Gazette-Mail
Happy West Virginia Day!
Busy bees!