Serendipity – Marked Up

Tourist Singing

I’ve been wondering how to find this. How convenient that it showed up on Behind the Black‘s Evening Pause.

I’m the (maybe “a”) boring one. My co-worker, Sergey, went on a trip through the Caucus mountains. Yes, “Caucasian” is a thing and it doesn’t mean what you think it means. Here are two sets of photos. My Russian is not good enough to read that and I haven’t run it through auto-translate. I justContinue reading “Adventurous Coworker”

Whither Lilac?

Sunday we heard plaintive meowing coming from the lilac hedge. We ignored it for a while, but that tone is “designed” to be unignorable, so we investigated. There was a more-than-kitten, less-than-cat hiding in the hedge. It did not want to be approached. We put some food and water in the hedge for it. WhileContinue reading “Whither Lilac?”

Hooey Beer

Если ты думаешь, ты думаешь.

Fun Concert

But I still don’t like concerts. The Laird and I went to see Disturbed at the Full Throttle Saloon. He was surprised that I wanted to go, but I like Disturbed, it’s Sturgis Rally week (which is, I’m sure, why they bothered with South Dakota), and I’ve never been there or done any rally stuff.Continue reading “Fun Concert”

Why I don’t like Art

I started What These 4 Trends in Painting Reveal About Our Image-Saturated Age with a sense of hope. As is usual with things related to art, I was disappointed. When your gallery display looks like Costco’s discount rug aisle, you’re doing something wrong. I will admit it does have a certain “capturing the Zeitgeist” vibe,Continue reading “Why I don’t like Art”

Order of Magnitude of the Day

Technically, the next one down would be 0.7 degrees. But what happens with negative numbers? Is -7 an order of magnitude less than 7? I don’t think so. Either way, thank you, G*d, for letting me live in the 21st century when I don’t care that it is 7 degrees outside.

Trendsetting

I can’t help it. It just happens. As you can see, I was collecting snowman heads long before every Metal band and their brother were singing about the need to “hew many snowmen”. It’s a heavy burden.

Jealous Much?

Mark Zuckerberg is in the corner with a UFC fighter. WTF? I understand going to the fights. I’ve seen Trump in the front row at a couple – even after the assassination attempt. But being in one of the fighters’ corner? That’s weird. Or I’m just jealous. If I had his money, it’s something IContinue reading “Jealous Much?”

Fantasy, Imagination, & Reality

I noticed on my morning walk that it’s almost K-bar deer season. “Huh?” is a reasonable reaction. A few years ago, Amazon had K-bar’s on sale. I have absolutely no use for one, but they’re the knife of the Marine Corp, so they’re cool. I thought about it, considering that my purchase of Axe bodyContinue reading “Fantasy, Imagination, & Reality”