A few weekends ago we painted our guest bedroom. The funny thing is—and isn’t this always the case?—we didn’t really set out to paint the room. That reality set in when we discovered that the paint with which we’d hoped…
Four pigeons
My parents drove all the way from Austin to visit us over Labor Day weekend. It was the first time they got to see our new home, not to mention the first time my mom had been to San Francisco…
Not pictured in the photo from our French barbecue was a gratin de courgettes (zucchini gratin) made by Stephanie’s mom, which I believe served as the only vegetable that night. It was so delicious that I felt compelled to ask…
I continue to enjoy looking up with the Leica, especially at the power lines punctuated by pigeons on my morning walk to BART. Pigeons, two pairs of shoes, and a jump rope
Heirloom tomatoes, a Rosa Bianca eggplant, and sweet peppers I love it when a meal comes together right out of our veggie box. You can almost hear the tomatoes, eggplant, and peppers above crying out: Ratatouille! In my case, I…
I was looking for a WordPress plugin to manage a list of post redirects, but what I found was a little over-engineered for my tastes. I just wanted a simple web-interface to something resembling an .htaccess file. So I built…
As my taxi sped away from JFK during one of my trips to New York last April, an improbable sight caught my eye: the illuminated tail of a Space Shuttle poking out of a hangar, still mounted atop the special…
Pita chips, baby carrots, homemade mozzarella and hummus, saucisson, and cornichons for lunch on our back porch
Previously seen on All the things she did for luck: “The Mouth of Truth [La Bocca della Verità]. You are supposed to put your hand in the mouth. If you are a liar you will lose your hand. I still…
Worth a read: Chris Kluwe Explains Gay Marriage To The Politician Who Is Offended By An NFL Player Supporting It
Update: Long profile in the NY Times on Chris Kluwe: Will the Punter From Minnesota Yield? Not in This Debate #
This is absolutely lovely: Yuri Suzuki’s London Underground Circuit Map Radio #
The science of cilantro:
Inspired by a study suggesting that crushing coriander [known as “cilantro” in American English] sped up the rate at which plant enzymes break down aldehyde molecules — perhaps removing those to which coriander-haters are most sensitive — [Harold McGee] recommends grinding up these ingredients for a mild, pesto-like sauce.
Slice of life in Senegal: Stuck bus
Our bus was stuck several times like this in quicksand in Senegal. We used the land rover with winch frequently to pull it out. The worst situation is when both the bus and the land rover were stuck. I don’t have photos of that, but basically everyone from a nearby village came out to push the bus out of that one.
Are you following Incidental Comics? You should be: Theories of Autumn #
So sad if even 1/10 of this is true: “Mitt Romney’s life has been one long boring plot to dodge taxes” #