artopia

Artopia in Georgetown is one festival I intend to return to. Thank you to Scot for getting me there. Wonderful old buildings. Industrial-strength power tools on wheels racing each other and wreaking havoc. Art studios, bands, street performers, and a continous stream of airplanes flying low overhead as they come in to land at King [...]

the big picture does it again

Stunning images of the earth from the International Space Station. See an erupting volcano from orbit. See Seattle and Tacoma! See 0ctopus-like tidal channels in Iran. Don’t miss this.

baby’s got blog

I’m back on the dangblog again. For a moment. My hairs are turning gray at a rapid pace. Sheesh. Too much stuff going on for my delicate psychology. Chaos approaches. Sleep recedes.
“Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep!”
I went to the dark version of Macbeth which was created by some folks that I know. Nice [...]

the personal landslide

The personal landslide is what I’m buried under. The Things That Must Be Done are merging with the Things I Want To Do to create an equation that I don’t quite like.  TTMBD+TIWTD=CHAOS. But let’s focus first on some of the happy happy things of summer:
TIWTD
The Fremont Solstice Parade (don’t go for the naked cyclists, [...]

bring on the robots

Bring on the robots because I’m running short of time to do this posting stuff. I’ve got a house to rent, but several projects to be done before that can happen, and they ought to be done by robots. I’ve got kitty litter to dump and lots of other housework that could be done by [...]

french film noir horror by way of japan

Inju: The Beast in the Shadow was the SIFF movie I saw today. Glad I went, though the film didn’t quite work because many of the plot points were just a bit silly. I didn’t see the twist at the end coming, but it wasn’t exactly stunning when it came. The movie was interesting, though, [...]

them!

This year’s ant invasion has been a curious one. They were thick in the upstairs bathroom. I put out the poison bait and a few days later the floor was littered with bodies, with a few stragglers waving their antennae unsteadily and yelling, “The queen is dead! The queen is dead!”
Meanwhile, downstairs in the kitchen, [...]

beware: white cubes from space

Scot sent me this video and I present it to readers without comment.