Never drive past Comic-Con if you’re in a hurry to be somewhere else. Or unless you like watching alien girls with green skin wearing tin foil bikinis. I think everyone falls into one of those categories. That structure that looks like a giant juicer? It’s a giant juicer. No, just kidding. It’s the new San… Continue reading What We Did On Our Summer Vacation
Month: July 2012
Tall City Bluesfest: Doing Midland Proud
Midland’s blues festival is off to a terrific start.
Air Conditioning for the Great Outdoors
Cue “Tim Taylor Official Primal Ape Tool Time Grunts” Do you have one of these in your garage? No? So sad. How can you resist a massive device called the Cyclone 3000? My wife claims that it will make the area much more comfortable for practicing ballroom dance steps during summer months, but I can… Continue reading Air Conditioning for the Great Outdoors
Aitch Too Ess: Nothin’ to Sneeze At
Did I mention I have a new job? Still working for the same company, but I’ve moved over from the exploration group to the drilling department. I don’t have any experience in that area, but they said they needed the help, and I’m all about helping (as long as the paycheck shows up every other… Continue reading Aitch Too Ess: Nothin’ to Sneeze At
Bike Racked
I’m back in town after about ten days of vacation. A day or so before we headed out, I took delivery of a new bike rack which I hoped would solve the dilemma of how to transport our recumbent tandem. It’s a hitch rack that accommodates up to four bicycles, so I figured that it… Continue reading Bike Racked
Photographic Perspective
The greatest aspect of digital photography is the way it reintroduced the concept of play in picture-taking. When you don’t have to worry about the cost of film or development, it frees you up to just have fun, and to experiment with different techniques. I don’t do it nearly often enough, but one of the… Continue reading Photographic Perspective