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ASCII Artwork - Random Thursday: The ASCII Edition
Header graphic generated by Text-to-Art feature of asciiart.eu

I’ll bet you haven’t thought about ASCII art in ages.

Published Thursday, 27 June 2024, 13:29
Categorized as Art, Design, History, Random Thursday, Tech... Tagged ASCII artwork, comptometer, Silent 700, typewriter art

Random Thursday
It's summer and the living is...always surprising.

We’ve had a parade of kids, adults, and dogs at our place through most of June, and randomness is the operative term for pretty much everything.

Published Thursday, 20 June 2024, 11:23
Categorized as Movies, Photography, Random Thursday, Wildlife - Amphibians Tagged dogs, family, Inside Out 2, memes, tree frog

Random Thursday
Today is National Golf Cart Day, which begs the question: who cares?

Cicadas may make the news, but katydids are the story around here. We’ve also got young bucks, a band named after an interstate exit, and a voyeuristic webcam focused on rattlesnakes.

Published Thursday, 13 June 2024, 14:07
Categorized as Horseshoe Bay, Music, Random Thursday, Wildlife - Invertebrates, Wildlife - Mammals, Wildlife - Snakes Tagged Boogie At The Bay, cicada, golf cart, katydid, rattlesnake

Random Thursday: The [Mostly] Photos Edition
Anything worthy seeing is worth photographing.

Photo: Panorama of the view from our back porch
"...doo doo doo, lookin' out my back door..."

A variety of pictures of plants, animals, fungi, and dissected machinery. You know, the usual.

Published Thursday, 25 April 2024, 13:11
Categorized as Photography, Plant Life, Random Thursday, Wildlife - Mammals Tagged photography, squirrels, wildflowers

Random Thursday: The Eclipse Mania Edition
Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

Graphic: Black rectangle with white circle in the middle
Artist rendering of total solar eclipse (not drawn to scale)

This eclipse thing is making folks bonkers. We’ve got a rundown of some examples, and some useful resources explaining the phenomenon.

Published Thursday, 14 March 2024, 12:52
Categorized as Nature, Random Thursday, Texas, Texas Hill Country, Weather Tagged Apocalyptic warnings, Total solar eclipse

Random Thursday: The Friday Edition

Image based on a photo by carl de souza/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

From National Serpent Day to “We Are the World” to Rachmanioff’s 2nd Piano Concerto to a home-grown Medusa: we’ve got it all right here.

Published Friday, 2 February 2024, 15:15
Categorized as Movies, Music, Plant Life, Random Thursday Tagged bats, Medusa, palm tree, porcupine, Rachmaninoff

Random Thursday

Photo: Two male Northern shovelers in Pecan Creek, Texas

Make your own National ____ Day and stop relying on others. Also, fancy car stuff, and get to know your local dabblers.

Published Thursday, 25 January 2024, 6:15
Categorized as Cars, Memes..., Random Thursday, Society & Culture, Wildlife - Birds Tagged Bentley, Northern shovelers, pie

Random Thursday

Photo (highly retouched): foggy sunrise via drone

A soupçon of topics…nay, a mere melange of tidbits with which to while away yet another Thursday

Published Thursday, 11 January 2024, 6:10
Categorized as Books & Writing..., Random Thursday, Society & Culture, Weather, Wildlife - Turtles & Lizards

Random Thursday: The Music Video Edition
We've scoured the vidverse to bring you some tasty tunes.

Screen capture of a concert by Katzenjammer
Scene from a Katzenjammer concert in Hamburg, Germany (2012)

We’ve elevated the concept of “randomness” to heights that rival Mt. Everest, musically-speaking.

Published Thursday, 14 December 2023, 7:23
Categorized as Music, Random Thursday Tagged Katzenjammer, Madame Radar, Madi Diaz, Mulligan Brothers, Newen Afrobeat, Seun Kuti, Shawn Mullins, The Band, The Dead South, Tokyo Groove Jyoshi

Random Thursday: The Neighborhood Nature Edition

Photo: Creek reflection

What do Hanukkah, Ducatis, deer, and ladybugs have in common? Well, nothing…that’s why it’s random.

Published Thursday, 7 December 2023, 16:38
Categorized as Random Thursday, Rides..., Texas Hill Country, Wildlife - Invertebrates, Wildlife - Mammals Tagged Ducati, lady beetles, whitetail deer

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