A photo of my earliest verifiable ancestor on the Plant family side: Edward Uriah Plant, born in 1851 in Cork, Ireland, raised in London, and an emigrant to Canada in the 1880s.
Bike-O-Mat
According to STREETSBLOG, where I saw this video (via First Draft), this automated bicycle garage in Tokyo costs about $1 (¥100) for a single use and ¥1,800 for a monthly pass. It has space for 9,400 bicycles.
Recumbents, hi-wheelers, trailers, and others might not fit very well.
It’s Gotta Happen
The Hindenberg Certainty Principle
If it’s big, it’s got a Nazi symbol on it, and it’s filled with flammable gas, it’s certain to blow up.
Bridging the Vehicle Gap
My parents’ 1969 Ford F150 pickup on the one side and our new 2008 smart fortwo cabriolet on the other.
To Hell With Chihuly
You want a piece of exceptional glass sculpture? Barbara found this old airport runway light bulb at a thrift store for millions of times less than what one of those garish, all-too-ubiquitous tentacled things would cost. It sits on top of an old 1930s refrigerator in a cradle handcrafted from a rubberized clothes hanger, in front of the Wall of Cats.
Speaking of the Wall of Cats, when Barbara brought home the frames, I made this little arrangement. Art is where you find it.
Wall Art
When we were staying in a (relatively) budget motel outside of Birmingham last fall, we were struck by the entertaining choice of wall art, which varied a bit from the bland variety you usually run across in a motel. The photo on the left, from the wall of our bedroom, is a fairly representative example.
On the other hand, when I checked into a nationally-known motel brand’s location near the Pentagon Sunday night, I found a portrait of George Washington and a copy of the Declaration of Independence next to the bed.
Eschacon Tribute Friday Cat Blog
Jasmine cat on a platter.
Lost Train of Thought
Damn! I had an idea for a post this morning but I’ve forgotten what it was….
Danger, Anthony Bourdain, Danger!
Barbara’s entry into the Anthony Bourdain “No Reservations” FAN-atic contest.
Based on her award-winning 1993 article for Willamette Week.
Senryū Thirty-Three. Dungeons & Dragons
Half-Elf, Half-Dwarf,
Double-Plus Good, Billionth Level,
Thief/Mage/Paladin
Gary Gygax, Game Pioneer, Dies at 69
By SETH SCHIESEL
Published: March 5, 2008Gary Gygax, a pioneer of the imagination who transported a fantasy realm of wizards, goblins and elves onto millions of kitchen tables around the world through the game he helped create, Dungeons & Dragons, died Tuesday at his home in Lake Geneva, Wis. He was 69.
Related posts: “26 Years and Counting” and “My Satanic Majesty”.