Opera Singer
“Today my heart is so goddamned fat with grief
that I’ve begun hauling it in a wheelbarrow. “
Blog
Tom Scott: On Trying AI
“All I wanted to do was fix my email. I did not expect to have a minor existential crisis about how much the world is about to change.”
Sistering in a Support Joist
With more duct work and electrical and piping now in the basement, we can no longer easily just insert a full-length board across the basement.
Luckily for us, Bob’s done this sort of thing before. And cut a long board into two notched pieces, which we would then “lock” into place with a tapered peg.
Assembling a New Old Desk
A long while back, Liz purchased a vintage/restored chemistry/lab table. Her goal was to use this as her sewing desk, with an eye to have it in our upstairs office area.
Head Smoosh
Tonight, Hugo was content to just hang out while Daisy more or less fell asleep on top of his head.
The Unknown Master of Restoration
“Look at that. I’m just watching, but it feels like my heart’s going to burst.”
Bunny Traffic Jam
We have this plastic tunnel thing that we bring out, from time to time. It’s older, and not something Hugo has really seen before.
Tonight, Liz threw few pellets inside to encourage Hugo to explore. Because Hugo, for all his size and weight, is still something of a scaredy cat.
Barbershop Quartet, East Village Grille
“Inside the standard lunch hour din they rise, four
seamless voices fused into one, floating somewhere
between a low hum and a vibration, like the sound
of a train rumbling beneath noisy traffic.”
Toad the Wet Sprocket: Liars Everywhere
The album Pale, by Toad the Wet Sprocket, was a big album for me in my late teens. I think I came across it in the last year or so of high school, and it’s an album that definitely followed me to college.
More than that, it was an album that I had on literal repeat, during my graduate school years. When I was writing poems, I’d often just loop this album non-stop (CD in the PC computer days).
Second Pocket Door: Hidden Mechanisms
Liz started to take out some of the pieces, for cleaning. And then realized someone had cut out part of the door to insert some fittings, and then patched it up again (a small square of wood). She got a few things cleaned up, but ultimately stepped back from taking the whole thing apart.
Try Not
I’m not sure what I’m more impressed by: the license plate itself, or the fact that it’s within a frame that contains the full Yoda quote.
A Star Trek Evening in the Suburbs
On the cork – a bit of Klingon! At least, I think it’s Klingon? See, this is what I mean about me not being sure how strong of a Star Trek fan I am.
I will say this though: when we all gathered glasses to make a toast, I knew enough to yell out Qapla’.
A Familiar Animation
There is a sadness and melancholy that emanates from both of these videos. Both of these videos evoke a sense of hurt and a sense of celebration, in equal measure. As does the act of sharing these videos, I think.
The Hay Sampler
Daisy has had this kind of fun before, but the “Hay Sampler” is a new experience for Hugo. We opened up this big box, and watched to see what the bunnies would do.
GlenDronach Tasting for Valentine’s Day
Came downstairs after work to find that Liz had set up an impromptu tasting of some of our various GlenDronach bottles. We had a fairly modest Valentine’s Day dinner planned, so it looks like we got to have dessert first tonight!