I’m postponing releasing the rest of the State of Geek essays. The timing puts them too close to other events that have happened around the immediate weblogging vicinity, and I really want them to stand alone as what they are – expressions of my thoughts and offerings of my writing. I didn’t write them to […]
Category: Stuff
Like it says, just stuff.
Ahoy ye blackguards and scallywags! Today be Talk Like a Pyrate Day! And to fill ye’r sorry lives, we three – Elaine, The Kalilily Queen, Jeneane, The Sword of the Marketeer, and meself, Flaming Bird, the Songster – will bring ye tales to make ye’r blood run hot, and ye’r spine run cold. After all, we Women of […]
Being home and Open Aire conference
I returned from San Francisco, with its comfortable weather and lovely fog, to St. Louis where the weather is hitting record highs. I believe it was mid-90’s today and 50% humidity. The breeze kept the humidity down or it would really be unbearable. Walking this morning, I discovered a wonderful tree along the way with these feathery […]
The weather was clear and hot during the trip, and the van had an air conditioner that either didn’t work well, or worked too well. The first day I wasn’t too tired and I thought about just driving straight through – 30+ hours – but I was concerned about hitting animals during the night. The […]
It’s the water In my comments, Scott pointed out the same lava light that Allan also covered in his weblog — the giant lava light project in Soap Lake. Seems the folks of Soap Lake, Washington have decided to build a 60 feet tall Lava Lamp. This has enormous appeal for me, not just because of my own lava lamp collection, but also because […]
