...still reading.

So I'm going to Crete for a week, starting Saturday. Any advice on what to see, what to wear, what to eat, etc.? I'm going to be pretty much on my own, on a shoestring budget. All words of wisdom would be appreciated!

So I have a problem with going to Whole Foods. I see something and think, "Oh, that would be good with..." and I end up with two bags of groceries. Now, I'm not a "recipe" kind of guy. You could probably characterize my style as "thought-experiment". Tonight, everything worked out pretty well, and I thought I'd share ( Read more... )

It's quarter past one in the morning, and all the birds are singing. Lots of calls I haven't heard before. Apparently it's too loud here in the city for them to hear each other during the day, so they do all their communication at night. For a small-town person, this is disorienting. I hear some of the familiar diurnal calls and think, "well, ( Read more... )

Goodbye, Charles Nelson Reilly, and thank you.

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Purchased: one tent.
On to the wilderness. Impromptu vacation day.
Will return tomorrow.
Cell phone: off.

Happy Australia Day, Lizz!

Chasseuse beat me to it, but...

Happy Birthday, MurderGeisha!

Ah, just think of it: on the same day you breached your mother's loins, Dick Nixon hatched from his evil space egg...