Archive for November, 2002
Jasper is so cute!
If you ever look at only one of my photolog entries, this is it. It’s also my permanent desktop in school. He’s such a cute cat.
New Webcam!
I just bought a new webcam, since my old cam had no OS X drivers, and Macam couldn’t handle video input from the Aiptek. Not much related freeware for OS X out there yet, though, and the price was a bit steep. But I’m hoping this thing makes itself worth it for a few digital [...]
Chores, Chores
Water plants, scrub bathroom, clean toilet, water more plants, vacuum carpet… I think I want my own future domicile to be a very small, easy-to-maintain kind of place. And I want genetically enhanced pets who only poop clean, round, odorless pellets.
Finding Forrester
My landlord is out of town this weekend, so the burden of household chores fell on me tonight: watering the plants, throwing out the trash, feeding the cats, cleaning the kitty litter boxes, sorting the mail. That done, I settled down in my room, with a cup of cocoa in my hand and a purring [...]
He Drives a Silver Thunderbird
With regards to the question of “What Would Jesus Drive?”, I refer you to the lyrics of If There’s a God in Heaven, He Drives a Silver Thunderbird, which I heard sung by Marc Cohn: Don’t you give me no Buick / Girl, you must take my word / If there’s a God up in [...]
Walking in Washington
A note to tourists in Washington, DC: please walk faster. This is not Disneyland; your tour groups are blocking the capital’s vital sidewalks with your 0.35 mph human obstacles. As much as possible, try to match pace with native Washingtonians, who walk at about 5mph below the posted freeway speed limit. Faster if it’s a [...]
Hell Week
This morning — yesterday morning, I mean, since it’s past 1am — I finished up my kinetic photo shoot. “Kinetic,” because it involved my moving around and taking time exposure sequences on foot. The main sequence, for example, involved walking the full length of the National Mall, from the Capitol to Lincoln Memorial, taking a [...]
MARC Stop
Looking out the window from a MARC single-level coach at the West Baltimore stop on the Penn Line. Ah, the rowhouses of Baltimore. Photo taken with an Aiptek Mini Pencam 1.3MP.
Rubenian Cultist Answers
A follower of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association, the Filipino cult that made headlines a few months ago for its bloody runs-in with the law, left a defense of his “Divine Master” in an old comments thread this morning. Apparently they are not a cult because they are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [...]
Change of Mind
Gillian: Are you sure you won’t change your mind? Spock: Is there something wrong with the one I have? Heh heh. Just watched Star Trek IV again. What a funny romp through the park.