[Updated 8/16/13] It’s with greatly mixed emotions that I announce a clearance sale on the inventory of recumbent bicycles now inhabiting our garage. None of these bikes have been ridden in more than a year (and a couple of them have sat idle for about two years), and there’s no point other than maudlin sentimentality… Continue reading Recumbent Bicycles for Sale!
8 Track Lookback
Attending the Happy Together Tour concert last week put me in a musical nostalgic mood, and I rediscovered these in my small Museum of Obsolete Technology: These are the only survivors from the dozens of 8-track tapes I accumulated during my high school and early college years. I’m not sure of the strategy behind the… Continue reading 8 Track Lookback
This ain’t yer grandfather’s pedometer
Your grandfather probably doesn’t have a pedometer, but if he does, I’ll bet it’s not a Fitbit. Debbie and I both acquired a Fitbit Zip via our participation in a wellness program sponsored by BP, in which the company is challenging employees and retirees (we, of course, fall into the latter group) to rack up a… Continue reading This ain’t yer grandfather’s pedometer
The Happy Together 2013 Tour: An Irreverent Review
The Happy Together Tour 2013 (hereinafter referred to as “THTT13”) bopped into Midland’s Wagner-Noël Performing Arts Center last Wednesday evening. This was one of only three stops in Texas for the show, the others being Austin (of course) and Stafford (say wha?…if you have to google Stafford to find out where it is, don’t feel… Continue reading The Happy Together 2013 Tour: An Irreverent Review
Quelle Quail? These Quail!
This evening I noticed some shallow disturbances at random between the flagstones on the east side of our back yard, as if something had been digging or scratching. I also heard some rustling noises around the mediterranean fan palm in that vicinity. This looks like a pretty good place for something to hide, doesn’t it? I… Continue reading Quelle Quail? These Quail!
Gallery Photos
Here are some new pictures for your viewing pleasure.
Bunny Stop
Baby cottontails are perhaps the cutest wild animals in existence, especially when they try to hide in plain sight. This one inexplicably stopped just short of a bridge that would have completely hidden it. Perhaps it thought that we’d be confused by the rebar right behind it, thinking it was a snake. In any event,… Continue reading Bunny Stop
Rain/Dance
Even though there is some Biblical support for the adage that if you want to hear God laugh, tell Him your plans, I’ve never bought into that concept except as it applies to plans that are clearly contrary to His will. And so when I tell you that we took our bike to Fredericksburg for… Continue reading Rain/Dance
The Midland County Courthouse and Illogical Architectural Sentimentality
The planned Energy Tower now has its own Wikipedia page, so it will inevitably be built, because they can’t put anything in Wikipedia that’s misleading, right? That means that a large number (or small number or a handful or one-or-two) Midlanders will be inconsolable over the demolition of the now-vacant county courthouse occupying a full… Continue reading The Midland County Courthouse and Illogical Architectural Sentimentality
Birding from the comfort of home
The wreath hanging on our front door isn’t really a Christmas wreath. Well, it did start out that way, but when Debbie was unable to find a spring wreath she liked, she hung a few spring-y accessories on it and decided to leave it up for a while. But I suspect a few people in… Continue reading Birding from the comfort of home