Train Table Films
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Lhs-1TMS0 Indilea and Zaden Huntress wrote their first movie this weekend. The setting: our new Train Table. The cast: Thomas the Tank Engine, Flodo the Bus, and...monsters.
The Year of Art
Art, or Alchemy, is the XIV Trump in the Thoth deck of Tarot cards. Every year, on my birthday, I draw a card that symbolizes the coming year. Last year was the year of the Fool, whence I drew the 0 of Trumps, that beginning of journeys that leads you into the unknown. At the [...]
My life in 2 years
I came across a good smack-in-the-face post this morning, and I'm using it to wake up. Now. I've been aiming for different degrees; for 6 months away, and for 10+ years away. But right now, I am focusing on an entirely attainable goal: my life in 2 years. I want to be living somewhere other [...]
A Week with the Kids
Me and my kids. All week. For the first time, Johanna is going on a trip by herself. Well, not all by herself; she's going with her mom, and they are taking a flight to Costa Rica tonight, on Christmas. This is the first time she has left her children for more than a few [...]
Multiplexing
I’m not just good at a couple of things. I’m good at nearly everything I do. Believe me, it’s a bitch. Life would be so much simpler if I had one skill, or one passion, and I applied myself to one thing for the rest of my life. But I could never deal with that. [...]
The Year in Google Searches
This is how Google saw 2010: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0QXB5pw2qE&feature=player_embedded]
Huntress kids 2010 Episode 5
[youtube="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKhb9qbweik"] This is the last one in the series. Great music, and adorable children playing in the Portland sunshine.
Broken Health Care
"Do you have health insurance?" I overheard my friendly local barista asking one of her regulars. "No, what are you talkin about? Of course not," he shrugged. "Why?" "Because I was hoping you could fake a sinus infection for me, and get me some antibiotics, for my sinus infection." This is what we've come to. [...]
Huntress Kids 2010 Episode 4
[youtube="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7SrZyVmAkI']
The Magic of Caffeine
Really, why do I bother trying to work without coffee? It's only after I've been sluggishly pulling myself through make-believe-working, when I look up from my web surfing and look at the clock, that I realize I've wasted precious hours by not being focused and productive. I put on a pot of dark, thick coffee, [...]