The Blogenning v3.0

So I have been stirred from my traditional languor by a bunch of assholes my friends in the Blogenning to attempt version 3.0 of this agreement. For those of you reading this blog for the first time, I suppose a little history is in order. The Blogenning was originally an agreement made by my friend...

On Photographs and Stories

This weekend I was faced with a question that I've been up against many times before. You see, my friend Travis wanted a group of us to get together and go have a nice picnic somewhere and enjoy the nice weather. As with most things involving Travis, this meant that having cameras around were a...

Putting Your Best Foot Forward and Happy Accidents

Have I mentioned how important it is to put your best foot forward in everything you do? Maybe I have and maybe I haven't, but in either case let me say it now. It is really important to put your best foot forward in everything you do. Historically I've not always been good at this....

A Boston Proposal and Force Fed Lies

My weekends, though often useful and interesting to me, rarely seem to yield something to talk about up here. I'm delighted, with that in mind, that a couple of really fun things happened this weekend that I can talk about. I'm further delighted to say I was there with camera in hand so I can...

Little Saint Nick

Not many people know that I am named after St. Nicholas. This is what my mother used to tell me come Christmas, anyway, but in the past several years I've not had much occasion to think about it. In this time of contemplation (which I covered in a previous post) it randomly popped in to...

I Think Jay Lake Just Called Me a Larva

I am reminded, suddenly, as my brain decides to come awake to the world in general, that I get to join some of my lovely fellow NaNoBoston warriors tonight for a bit of writing. The Novel, you see, has been calling to me again as of late. It wants to feel me lovingly caress it...

Total Perspective Vortex

From The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, the second book in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy by Douglas Adams: The Total Perspective Vortex derives its picture of the whole Universe on the principle of extrapolated matter analyses.  Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way affected by...

“The Knowledge, it fills me… it is neat!”

I don't want to make this a link blog, however there are occasions where there's something I really feel compelled to point out for just how cool it is. As it stands, there are quite a few things I've been geeking out over lately, so I thought I'd share: DIY Kodachrome Manufacturing Equipment: Occasionally something...

NaNoWriMo 2009 Wrap-Up

As the last hours of National Novel Writing Month tick down, I, thankfully, can sit back and watch them pass without a care in the world. I am, of course, cheering on the few friends and fellow NaNoBoston Wrimos who are typing as fast as their fingers will let them to try and cram in...

They’re Coming…

Yes, I know. It must be tiring to read socially progressive posts from people in Massachusetts. However, I'll try to keep this one brief. My friend Jeff let me know that the [opinion redacted, because if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all] members of the Westboro Baptist Church are going to...