[Ed. Note. What follows is the write up of my latest ridiculous Halloween escapade: Glamosaur 3.0, along with an explanation of how I made it. If you really just want to see the pics, click here, or the “making ofâ€Â pics, click here. At the end of this post, there is a … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2013
The ‘Deep Slate: November 2013 Edition
[Ed. Note: After years of the ‘Deep Slate being email only, last year I moved it to my blog as well as email. You can find all the online ones here] You can find your polling place in SF HERE or for the rest of CA HERE. You can print just the LIST (all the … Continue reading
Kimberly’s 36th Birthday Skullduggery: Epic Awesome with a Side of Fail
[Ed Note: What follows a description of “Kimberly’s 36th Birthday Skullduggery” puzzle hunt. Â Â This post is long, but much of it is just for me, or the *really* curious. Â If you played, you might only be interested in the Complete Set of Answers & Clues. Â That being said, to … Continue reading
Yellowstone via Rail (& a bit of car): The Train + Megafaunapalooza!
[Ed Note: I’ve posted my best pictures from this trip here on Flickr, but note that I have no wolf shots (small zoom!) – luckily someone else who was watching our first wolf, had a scope with a camera – so you can also check those shots here. (Thanks again … Continue reading
Our Unexpected Year with Baozi: Slow Leaks, Parenting Tests, & Deep Love
A year ago last Monday, Kimberly and I adopted young Baozi (包å), our German Shepherd mix1 puppy. “Baozi,” pronounced “Bow-dzuh,†means  “little stuffed bun†in Mandarin.  As you can see below, she certainly was a little dim sum when got her at about 3 months old.  Now, at 1 year & … Continue reading
India 2012: Trust, Chai, & The Taj
It’s been a few weeks now & I’m finally psychologically “home” as in “back from travels” (In addition to our trip to the genetic LOMP (Land Of My People), we had a quick trip to the historical LOMP: North Carolina). As is the case after all my big trips, I … Continue reading