twisters

I’m leaving for Michigan in a few days for a family visit. I’m thinking about the fact that it’s tornado season. Thanks to annual springtime tornado warnings, and thanks to the awesome tornado in “The Wizard of Oz,” I was pretty scared of tornados when I was a youngster. I remember the sky turning [...]

stuff from my birthday party

up from the memory hole

Mnemosyne, goddess of memory, has an arbitrary, “what the heck” attitude toward me. Not surprising I guess, from the mother of the Muses, who are equally random and unreliable lot. My favorite is Thalia, muse of comedy. You can have Calliope, muse of epic poetry.
I was thinking about memory because recently I heard a [...]

yuri’s night

World space party tonight!
It’s the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person in space. This party has been happening every year for several years now, and getting a little more widespread each time. There’s even a party in Antarctica tonight. Seattle’s event is at the Museum of Flight. An astronaut will be there, a [...]

hypnogogia

An article that hit the news today about near death experiences was pretty interesting. According to a study, people who have near death experiences (see bright lights, apparitions, hear noises, etc. during a life threatening event) tend to be people who also are prone to having a weak barrier between dreaming and wakefulness. That is, [...]

the masked wrestling superhero

I’m very sad to say that I missed this movie at JetCity last month. The bright side is that several Santo films are available on Netflix, such as Santo vs. El Acha Diabolica. Please view this photo of Santo in action.
Also saw Junebug and Broken Flowers thanks to Maggie’s DVD picks. And saw Syriana [...]

painted with coffee

Our friend Kelly Lyles used coffee as paint to make the diving donkeys. The 8″ X 10″ picture will be part of a show in Olympia this weekend.