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The following image was sent to me by Fark-er Enselmo Boulavardier. I think it reflects our current national climate more accurately than the coy “Loose Lips Sink Ships” posters:

Stalled Blog Posting The following Blog posting has been sitting in my “draft” folder for a week. It’s a Blog post about getting a wart removed. I’m not going to apologize for it, though I should: I’m just going to go ahead and push “publish”, and we can all get on with our lives. Kate’s…

What the world really needs: another rambling philosophy-and-motorcycles rant There are a couple of basic questions around which philosophy is organized: epistemology, teleology, cosmology, being-a-loser-wearing-tweed-in-Barnes-and-Noble-and-trying-to-pick-up-college-sophomores-ology. The one I was most interested in was, and is, epistemology. “Episteme” was a Greek word for ‘knowledge’, but it also meant ‘message’ (like “epistle”.) Epistemology is the study of…

I washed my hands first, so the dogs don’t smell like gasoline (much.) For Mother’s day, I filled two previously-placed gift orders and made sock dogs for my mom and Kate’s mom. They turned out pretty well; that is to say, they all have the correct number of legs and tails, and I only drew…

I’m selling my starter bike to (among other things) buy the black-and-silver, or maybe black-and-blue Aerostich suit that I’m gonna wear. I started the bidding at $75.00, and it’s been climbing slowly every day. Bidding has now surpassed the Kelly Blue Book value for the bike, which makes me realllly realllly happy. (Note to bidders…

Yellow card! Yellow card for the husband! Kate took me to the Impressionist and Modern Evening Sale at Christie’s last night. I’ve been to one evening sale before, which are the main event of a particular auction: that’s when all the highest-value lots are offered. The people-watching is fantastic at Christies, because it’s a rich…

Mein Motorrad ist ein Teufel-Rad. My big, black, Teutonic motorcycle wouldn’t start last night when I got home to the train station. That’s partly my fault, as the bike is so new to me that I don’t have any twistgrip mojo yet. More gas? Less gas? Goose it when it catches, or after? Mostly, though,…

I went ahead and bought the bike, but I won’t talk about it much right now, as my Blog will feature little else for a long time. Some preliminary pictures are here. Kate and I went to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival on Saturday at the Howard County Fairgrounds, about twenty miles west of…

We interrupt your regularly scheduled Mexican Forklift story to bring you this important update: I found a bike that looks good, and that I think I’ll buy if the in-person inspection is commensurate with the condition and price: 1977 R100/7 on Cycletrader.com Things in the bike’s favor: It’s in the area. Most other bikes I’ve…

These links are too good to pass up (both found on BoingBoing): The MegaPenny Project 1 Pixel Per Meter You can drag the images around on the 1 Pixel Per Meter site. I had a good time making the space slug eat the Hindenberg. Go there; you’ll see.