It Happened to Me

I saw this at the drugstore, and I have questions

Do people in the U.S., who are notorious for not being able to locate other countries on a map, know…

4 years ago

Election “fun” fact: Nobody wearing Hillary Clinton merch has ever given me a hard time for not being white

However, a Trump/MAGA cap? Twice: The parking lot at the Publix at Dale Mabry and South Village, sometime around September/October…

4 years ago

Blast from the past

I’m posting this circa 2008 photo for no other reason than my looking damned good in it.

4 years ago

My online job interview style is unstoppable!

I’ve been doing interviews with a number of companies in the quest for my next gig, and since we’re still…

4 years ago

Scenes from this morning’s bike ride

I’ve managed to not put on the “Quarantine Fifteen” by doing a 10K bike ride at least five days a…

4 years ago

Last night’s side dish: “Layogenic” curried cauliflower

For the next five weeks, I’m teaching an online Python class from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Mondays and…

4 years ago

Tonight’s dinner: Mapo tofu!

One of my favorite Chinese dishes is mapo tofu, a Sichuan dish whose name translates as “pockmarked grandma’s tofu”. It’s…

4 years ago

Cheapass handyman hint of the day: Yea, though I walk through the valley of hex-wrench shelving, I shall fear no assembly…

...for I studied physics, and I have duct tape. Here’s the story: I was assembling a set of shelves for…

4 years ago

The synth I kept

Moving to another country requires you to seriously pare down your belongings. I brought only what I could fit in…

4 years ago

All my sins remembered: Playing accordion at SxSW 2008

I’ve had many great first weeks on the job, but this first week on the job had a particularly unfair…

4 years ago