The Short Version: conandammit and I took an unauthorized tour of the abandoned Hamms Brewery.

The Last Time I posted about Hamms, I posted a picture from one of their labs and in response, MPuzzle posted an old-timey picture he found in the MN Historical Society of the same lab.


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Killing time while trying to find someone who was both available and willing to slip into a new hole in Pillsbury, last night, I took a bunch of pictures from the bridge ( Read more... )

I want to create a list of goals. I don't have a clear timeline in mind. These are not "New Years Resolutions," in spite of the suspicious timing. (I've never been a fan of New Years Resolutions, I think they're fucky and stupid. But that's just me.) This is more like a tally of accomplishments I would like to start working towards ( Read more... )

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Playing with animations some more because... well, it beats television ( Read more... )

Here's a rarity: A post where I don't mention Hunter at all ( Read more... )

Hunter and The Batman: Part One: Groin Assault WarningI've been trying to get The Boy to watch DVDs of the early '90's Batman cartoons in an effort to put some distance between us and Tom and Jerry and goddamn Charlotte's Web with some success. He won't put up with a lot, most days, but he'll watch enough. It helps that he has some Batman action ( Read more... )

Last Saturday, Dawny had a derby bout. This keeps her tied up for most of the day with getting ready. I'll come to most bouts to make the barest minimum effort at being supportive, but I don't care for the sport as a whole, so I skip a few here and there. Most times I would still have my parents take The Boy for the night and enjoy some time to ( Read more... )

I find myself with a night alone ( Read more... )

I write. Less so recently due to persistent issues with the word machine at home, but I've written a fair number of words. Sometimes stringing them together in clever sentences and everything. There's a lot of nonsense, a pile of snippets, a good bunch of short story things, even a couple novel length pieces now. But when anyone calls me a writer I ( Read more... )