Avast and All
Another one of those proud parent mornings.
Archive of posts filed under the family category.
Lisa’s tomatoes
Lisa’s-tomatoes Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. A product of my sister, Lisa’s garden. They tasted as good as they look.
Hibiscus
hibiscus Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. There are several different ways I ride my bike. One is all spandex and zooming fast, which I love. But the best way is to wander, making a series of random decisions that take me all over the place. Riding with friends Saturday on one of those rides, we ended …
Sporks
Nothing to see here. Go there instead.
Happy Together
Lissa at the Japanese Tea Garden, Golden Gate Park Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. Back to work on the morrow, I’ll leave my weeks’ vacation with one last bit of business. There are competing tales of the origin of the fortune cookie. Everyone agrees it was born in the United States, but beyond that its history …
Putting Porn (and a T-shirt) on the American Express
Fort Point Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. Postmodernism is a notoriously tricky thing to define. Standing on Fort Point, poking out into the Golden Gate, looking for the place where Kim Novak jumped into the water in Vertigo, trying to commit suicide (Or was she?), only to have Jimmy Stewart fish her out, is a clear …
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On My California Roots
Lissa and I are making a quick trip to California, which has me musing on my roots. Joan Didion described those who created California as “not the self-satisfied, happy and content people, but the adventurous, the restless, and the daring.” I am anything but restless and daring (I hate moving across town), and I am …
Security in the Student Ghetto
Boo Radley House Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. Concerned by what I read in the comments on Duke City Fix, I dispatched Big Toe to Nora’s new neighborhood this afternoon to evaluate the security situation. Before he turned to science, BT trained with one of the famous Malaysian pirate ninjas, and he holds a black belt …
Daybook
Big Toe Helps on Moving Day Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. paper of the day: Mendoza et al. in Climatic Change look at Maya droughts over the last several centuries weather: Hottest day so far this year in Albuquerque at 84F (29C), warm enough for a lovely chat on the back porch at a party last …
Big Toe at the Park
Big Toe at the Park Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. Spring seemed to click into place this evening, I’m not sure why. We’ve had warmer weather, and today’s high of 73F (23C) is actually below average for May 9, and not close to the warmest day this year. But the iris are in spectacular bloom, and …