Pod and I went climbing alone together for the very first time last night; after years of occasional indoor climbing, he's taken a formal intro class and last night certified for belaying others at a series of rock gyms in the Baltimore/DC area, so I tagged along even though we'd only have an hour or so on the wall. Given the short time limit for ( Read more... )

There are two ways I could tell the story of my trip to Heidelberg for work ( Read more... )

Every Spring, Maryland Art Place, a local not-for-profit gallery and general resource for local artists in downtown Baltimore, holds a one-night-only fundraiser silent auction of self-hung first-come-first-served unjuried work. Some local universities encourage their art students to submit their allowed one piece of limited size in any static ( Read more... )

This weekend, podisodd and I attended a fancy costume-encouraged benefit for the impending re-opening of the Poe House museum in Baltimore, held at the former church and burial ground housing the author's grave. The title of the event was "Cask of Amontillado Wine Tasting Among the Bones", and there was both imported Amontillado and a catacomb tour, along ( Read more... )

So, er, Thursday was spent in a haze of hospital visitation and fretting, as my grandmother-what-raised me had been rushed to the hospital earlier in the week over a potential heart attack, which she hadn't wanted to bother anyone about, and hey, it's all probably okay can she get a ride home. Acquiring release paperwork and therefore getting her ( Read more... )

Sometimes a 'Road Closed' sign is just a hike you've been meaning to take for years anyway ( Read more... )

As I understand there is no point in talking about the Baltimore Rock Opera Society's Valhella: The Ragnarokkoperetta to get my more geographically distant friends out to see this particular show, as they've sold out of everything online for the rest of their run and have but the hope of at-the-door ticket sales remaining for this coming weekend. ( Read more... )

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