People driving past La Casa must wonder if we either have 1) lots of people living in the house, or 2) are constantly throwing parties. Sadly, the seven vehicles (three trucks and four cars) belong to just the two of us. Add in the 30 foot trailer and parking at Mayhem Acres sometimes takes some planning. I also have to remember lots of license ( Read more... )

My email and messages began to light up yesterday evening from people sending me links to this YouTube video. "You're gonna love this", etc. Well, indeed I do love the hell out of this video. It has my two greatest "loves", science and music, assembled in a touching, awe-inspiring combination. And it's all real. Backstory: Cmdr Chris Hadfield of ( Read more... )

Let's say you and your buddy decided, since it is such a nice day 'n' all, to take a casual little helicopter flight around the town. While aloft, you spot some guys flying a remote control model plane. Of course, that's how you started flying before getting your pilot's license, and r/c flight is fun no matter who you are. You then observe the ( Read more... )

Here at Mayhem Acres strange or odd occurrences are pretty much the norm. It seems that this phenomenon tends to spread a bit from the epicenter here. Take this past Monday, when I was taking Jeff to have surgery, as an example. A bit more than a mile from the house as I was merging onto the perpetually busy Rt 29, we both noticed a car on the left ( Read more... )

Okay, it's been a long week full of hard work, aggravation and drama. Well, let me help take your mind off all that and get you to unwind a bit. Sit back, turn up the sound a bit, and play the video below. This is some of of the most gorgeous time-lapse photography I've seen. Make sure you view this full screen on the biggest display you have ( Read more... )

The other day I was sitting in the waiting room of my physical therapist. For some reason I mixed up the time, and arrived about 45 minutes early. No biggie. There was a Car and Driver magazine on the table to keep me company. Then there was a baby crying, coming from one of the areas. Great. Not tool long afterward, a woman came out, carrying the ( Read more... )

From the Department of It's Just Damn Cool here at All Things Mayhem:

A zoom-able, pan-able 1,474 megapixel image of the Inuguration.

You can see everything. Your job? Find The Hat.

I started reading someone's doctoral dissertation the other day, I had downloaded it from the web. Entitled Networks of Aesthetic Production and the Urban Political Economy, I had barely begun the scratch the surface of this essay, it discusses musical and artistic creation and how it ties into economic, social and political issues, among many ( Read more... )