While I was in California recently, I visited Monterey Bay Aquarium. I’m not sure that there’s an awful lot to say about the aquarium itself - you know what an aquarium is, right? - apart from a couple of quite interesting nerdy facts. The money to set up and run the aquarium was largely supplied by David and Lucille Packard, also of Hewlett- ( Read more... )

I’m back from three weeks’ break in California. Work starts again tomorrow, but today I had some light relaxation in the form of my first physiotherapy appointment for the arm I broke in December. The physiotherapist seemed quite pleased with my progress already, and reckoned with exercise I should be back to 90% strength and flexibility by the ( Read more... )

I ran a session of Steam Elephants on Saturday - my fledgling campaign using a very slightly modified version of  ffutures' Forgotten Futures rules. I say fledgling, because it's probably still accurate; it's been running for about two and a half years, but infrequently, so we've not racked up a lot of sessions. However, given how long it takes me to start ( Read more... )

Having failed to visit the creationist dinosaur museum at Cabazon, it was time to come a bit more up to date in a couple of ways; by visiting a more reputable scientific establishment, to see more recently extinct beasties.
( Into the pit )

Our second tourist trip in California was a bit less clichéd than Disneyland: the place where the Mojave Desert and Colorado Desert meet, in Joshua Tree National Park.
( Long, and photo-heavy )

What’s the difference between Bing Crosby and Walt Disney?
Bing sings; Walt disnae.

So, much delayed, here’s the first of my posts about visiting California.
( Flight, Disneyland (no, I'm kidding, it did) )