…this is what I look like. You can find the actual moment I’m on the show “Revolution” online on Netflix. It’s the episode “Austin City Limits.” Look for the shot where the whole team is crossing Congress Avenue, just before they go into the gun shop, which used to be Little City Coffeeshop. It was
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A microscope. Just because.
I just bought this microscope from Goodwill. It was only five bucks and promised to enlarge things as much as six hundred times. So far the only thing I know for sure is that q-tips may clean smudges, but they also leave a lot of tiny fibers on microscope lenses. The other big discovery: my
Tofu Jelly Salad
A Japanese friend who was staying with us made a little traditional desert for us. It has cocktail fruit in it, and a tofu jelly which had a very similar texture as the fruit.
Burning pinata
Look deep into the fire. Look deep into hungry flames. Let them sanctify your sacrifice, let them purify your candy-bearing spirit animal. Okay, maybe it’s not that exciting.
The High Price of Taco Signs
When I was at the grocery store I saw this sign and took a picture. No good reason for it, I just thought it was kinda funny and taken generally a repudiation of all those bastard vegans. But then a manager yelled at me. “You can’t take pictures in the store.” No explanation why. Is
Buddha in the Park
They say if you meet the Buddha on the road you must kill him. However, if you meet him in a park along Little Stacey Creek in South Austin, then you should just chill. Austin is too cool for that deicide stuff.
Worldcon Renovation
I went to Worldcon in Reno (aka the strangely googlable ‘Renovation’) a little more than a month ago. So it’s time to write the obligatory con blog. This was my first Worldcon, and I was a little disappointed in how familiar it was. It was your standard con. Just a lot bigger. I did however
As Much Ethiopian as I Could Eat
There are times in life when moderation is called for, and then there are those times when you’re eating at an Ethiopian restaurant. A big group of folks went up to “Taste of Ethiopia” in Pflugerville. All the meals were served on giant platters lined with injera bread, with scoops of spicy bits and greens
Sichuan Austin Eating
Way up on 183 is a Szechuan restaurant called A+A Sichuan Garden. It’s definitely a different sort of Chinese food than we were normally accustomed to. All the dishes came marinated in spicy red oil. I of course ordered the dish with the white gelatinous chunks that tasted slightly soapy. But the menu items that
Swarm of Mourning Doves
My new house has a bird feeder in the back yard, so one of my first thoughts on moving in was, hey, wouldn’t it be great to have a birdfeeder out the back window, so I could see all the new and exciting birds in this new neighborhood. So I bought some seed and poured