Dream: Playing Onstage with Paul McCartney
My e-mail box at home had gotten pretty empty save for e-commerce messages and spam, so I decided to go through my contacts list and send e-mails to a few people. I got surprisingly long e-mails back …
Excellent TV Baseball
I watched some excellent baseball this weekend. The Giants and Angels are playing in the World Series. While Saturday was a close low-scoring game (I think the score was 5-4 Giants), yesterday was a …
USMV Walla Walla
I’m on the Walla Walla this morning. The ferry is an amazing example of ’60s design aesthetic: wood paneling, pale orange and canary yellow formica, chair-row arrangements at right angles …
The Names People Give Children
After going to the other side for a housewarming party, Wendy and I went to Ikea on Saturday. Right by the door was the children’s play area. It’s a pretty nice service—drop your kids off …
Early Autumn Weekend
I had a great anniversary-celebrating weekend with Wendy. We went out to the Pleasant Beach Bistro in Winslow for dinner and then to see “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” which was pretty good. …
Our Third Wedding Anniversary
Yesterday was our third wedding anniversary, but since it came during the middle of the week when neither of us could afford to take the day off, we celebrated only in a small way. Wendy was invited …
The Cardinal Sin of Blogging
I took the Power Squadron test last night and passed with only two questions wrong. Hooray for me, I’ve learned the basics of boating. I read an interesting article on blogging the other day in …
Three Strangers Observed
I just stopped for gas next to a woman trying to fill up two new-looking Jaguars. When pulled up, she looked up at me and smiled in a friendly way quite unlike a natural Jaguar owner. She was dressed …
Like a Scene From Metropolis
We saw a great thing this morning when getting on the ferry. Wendy is going to L.A. for an animation conference, so she boarded the ferry with me. We were walking toward the overhead bridge and we …
Good Design Goes a Long Way
There have been several logos based on the concept behind the logo of Major League Baseball, most notably the logo for the NBA. The logo, is of a batter’s white silhouette dividing a …