Star Wars Celebration: A Decade Later
Over at his shiny new blog, Jim is revisiting his 1999 trip to Star Wars Celebration: Here’s the intro; he follows it up with a harrowing tale of travel, and then moves on to Day One, nicely capturing...
View ArticleOreoddity
Weird, right? Think of the chain of coincidences that created this thing: First, something had to go wrong at the Nabisco plant where this particular Oreo was assembled with its wafers smooth-side-out....
View ArticleTwo things almost entirely unrelated:
One – Wired‘s GeekDad writer Curtis Silver reviewed “Collect All 21!” this week: To be drawn into an author’s brain and immediately associate and sympathize with his point of view – in the introduction...
View ArticleThese cakes are no lie.
I have projects to tackle and a presentation to finish up for tomorrow, so I’ll just hand over the cake and get back to work: First, my brother Nick’s second Star Wars birthday cake – the sequel to...
View ArticleSan Diego afternoon
After Jenn & Kelsey re-energized a bit Monday afternoon, we decided to drive downtoan and check out Balboa Park, which turned out to be a really nice way to spend a couple hours. Having never been...
View ArticleA Day at the 2010 Wyandot County Fair
Even though I’ve spent most of my life here in Northeast Ohio, it’s a sure bet that I’ve been to the Wyandot County fair in Upper Sandusky more times than the Stark County fair, which takes place in...
View ArticleRoad Trip photos: June 19-21
Somehow, I let almost three months pass since I last uploaded and organized a batch of my cross-country road trip photos, so this weekend I went through and processed some more. There are three days’...
View ArticleReasons This Weekend Ruled:
Friday night, my younger brother came over and hung out for a bit. Then I dove into my first play of Dead Space: Extraction. After lunch Saturday, Jenn, Kelsey, Kels’ friend A. and I all headed north...
View ArticleOne… Ho Ho … Caaaaaake!
So, moments before I was introduced to “Ho Ho Cake” at work today, one of my colleagues brought the dessert into the kitchen, and announced, in a sing-song voice that rang familiar, “Niiiine … coconut...
View ArticleAbsolutely worth the drive.
I took a half-day off work Friday, May 11, so I could drive to Columbus for dinner. I had toyed around with the idea for a day or two, and was still waffling about it Thursday night, and then Jenn...
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