After looking at a whole lot of paintings in a whole lot of MOMA's rooms, I sat down next to my brother on a bench in the middle of a gallery ( Read more... )

Landed in New Jersey yesterday, where K and I and my sister are visiting my brother the Slightly Famous Journalist and his wife. Holiday plans included "tripping the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York ( Read more... )

I see billroper is celebrating the eleventh anniversary of his marriage to daisy_knotwise. Many happy returns, etc ( Read more... )

I sing the praises of greenmansgrove and whthorse, for they are mighty among men ( Read more... )

This is a little bit sad.

I am fond of hands-on science museums, in the Exploratorium style.

Back where my dad came from in Scotland, The Big Idea, which celebrated the history of invention, opened in 2000. It was on the site of Alfred Nobel's dynamite plant, where my grandmother worked ( Read more... )

Retelling a story from this posting, and wishing you all joy of the holidays:

My brother, the famous journalist, and I were once driving along U.S. 1
to do some Christmas shopping. Somewhere in the Melbourne area, we passed
an unusual business.

"Look," I said, "Brevard Prosthetics, Inc.!"

"Ah," said John. "The perfect stocking stuffer!"

I should say, lest I go too long without an entry here, that we are back from our triple voyage to Boston, to Woods Hole, and to Detroit ( Read more... )