[Ed. Note: This is the big write up to the Skullduggery (“puzzle & activity hunt”) on 8/2/2014 that I put on for Kimberly’s 37th birthday. If you want to skip to just the clues and/or answers – jump to here. This is the second one I’ve done for Kimberly’s birthday … Continue reading
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The ‘Deep Slate: June 2014 Edition
FOLKS: I’m really sorry this is so late (TODAY is election day) & frankly I’m not even finished with this (I haven’t explained the positions below) – but it will be up before 6pm today I swear (& hopefully sooner!) Gov: Jerry Brown Lt Gov: Gavin Newsom Sec State: Alex … Continue reading
Hobbitses! A Few Thoughts on Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit†So Far…
  10 years ago, the biggest things occupying my mind, other than the vast outrages of the Bush administration, were hobbits.  More specifically, Peter Jackson’s “Lord of The Rings” movies.   From 2000-2004, Jackson had given me a slice of my early teens back, but with all the … Continue reading
Halloween 2013: Ridiculous, Awesome & The Quest for Paleontological Accuracy in Glamosaurs
[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
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
Halloween 2011 & 2012: Lord Ganesh & the Requirements of the ‘Deepian Halloween
[Update: 10/13: Finally fixed the “Naked Ganesh Problem†– see bottom addendum] [Update: 2/8/13: Came across a cool Ganesh costume for an off-Broadway show in NYC – see footnote 2 at bottom] [Ed. Note: I sit here on a plane to India (via London) in the first week of December. Clearly, … Continue reading