Cloudy all day, and some rain. It did nothing good for my mood. Our high was only 73F.

A summer day in Rhode Island.

I don't know if I have much to say. I am trying hard to work. I spent an hour and a half on the first half on an interview, and on Facebook I said of it"

Fuck me sideways, but I forget how much I dislike giving interviews, which ( Read more... )

Mostly sunny today, but the rain returns tomorrow. Currently, it's 57˚F ( Read more... )

Today the clouds came back, and the rain, and storms are on their way from the Gulf ( Read more... )

So, on the one hand, it was rainy and foggy again today. On the other hand, it's gonna be almost 70˚F on Christmas Day. Currently, it's 52˚F.

This morning I ran errands with Kathryn, first to the grocery store for holiday groceries, and then to the p.o.. But then I made the mistake of going to a bookstore to try and find a book. First we drove ( Read more... )

Another day of rain and fog. Currently, it's 47˚F, and the wind advisory we've had in effect all day is still in effect.

Today, I finished Larry McMurtry's Boone's Lick, and Spooky and I watched Wilfred Jackson's "The Old Mill" (1937), followed by Don Hahn 2009 documentary on the "Disney Renaissance," Waking Sleeping BeautyAnd really, that's what ( Read more... )

A cold day today, cold, but sunny, our high was 49˚F. Our low tonight will likely be 27˚F, and it's currently 34˚F.

Today was the release of my first new paleontological paper since 2004, coauthored with Drew Gentry (lead author) and Jun Ebersole, based, in part, on a fossil turtle I collected in 2001 and 2002: "Asmodochelys parhami, a new fossil ( Read more... )

No writing today ( Read more... )

Yeah, so...currently it's 65˚F, which seems a little warm, but there you go.

No writing today. But we did see Frozen II, and I liked it a lot. It's nice coming home from a movie and find that you're glad you went. Loved the songs, but I think "Show Yourself" is the standout. Anyway, afterwards Whole Foods, then more GW2, then I did some RP for the ( Read more... )

The cough was almost gone, and then it came roaring back last night. I'm woozy and sore, and I can hardly talk, and tomorrow I have to be at the UA Museum in Tuscaloosa.

We spent the day out, mostly. It was sunny, mostly. I went to Alabama Outdoors in Homewood looking for a new field hat. I went to Reed Books downtown to find a copy of Absalom! ( Read more... )

Has anyone noticed that the internet has become the visual equivalent of the Las Vegas Strip crossed with an issue of the National Enquirer? No, that's not a compliment ( Read more... )