"When I do not want to say things in real life I often say them here." — Mimi Smartypants
It has been a while since I’ve photoblogged a bicycle ride. Let’s do something about that, shall we? We have our own bicycling group, the Spanish Trail Trash. This morning’s ride consisted of the Trail Trash core: Mary Anne (our leader), Darrell, Donna, and me. We met by the Rillito bike path at Campbell and […]
Remember Fredric Wertham, the 1950s anti-comic-book crusader? The Library of Congress has opened his private papers to scholars of censorship. Is that a photo of a man’s butt on the cover? Your book has just been banned in Canada! A new front in the fight against censorship: guerrilla libraries. Bummer. The small-brainers in Stockton, Missouri […]
What’s in Paul’s grab bag? Unconnected thoughts and observations too short to rate blog posts of their own, but which might amount to something when aggregated together: Damen und Herren I always wanted to write a lengthy post on restroom signage, complete with illustrations. Well, what do you know? Someone saved me the trouble! A […]
I thought replacing my handlebar-mounted electrical switch module would be easy. My friend Ed, who doubles as my spiritual and mechanical guru, told me there was more to the job than I thought, and boy was he right. You see, it’s not just the module on the handlebar. That part is easy, or relatively so. […]
. . . and other things. I’ve been on my hands and knees in the back yard, pulling weeds. I’m reluctant to spray because the dog spends a lot of time out there. When it comes to the front yard, where the dog is not allowed, it’s going to be chemical warfare all the way. […]