July 13, 2011
Jul. 14th, 2011 01:58 amI remember thirteen.
At thirteen I started to ride the subway alone. Thirteen was when I put away my Matchbox cars and picked up Rolling Stone. It was after-school peanut butter cups and cream soda from the deli on Bond Street. At thirteen I got to try a little of dad's beer, and at thirteen I swore I'd never drink that godawful stuff. Thirteen was tremulous fear and quaking desire. Thirteen was when childhood faded into the mist, and the future beckoned slyly from the car.
I remember thirteen well, but now I see it for what it really is:

Thirteen is the time of angels.
Happy birthday, my mad, bad, sad, brilliant beautiful man.
At thirteen I started to ride the subway alone. Thirteen was when I put away my Matchbox cars and picked up Rolling Stone. It was after-school peanut butter cups and cream soda from the deli on Bond Street. At thirteen I got to try a little of dad's beer, and at thirteen I swore I'd never drink that godawful stuff. Thirteen was tremulous fear and quaking desire. Thirteen was when childhood faded into the mist, and the future beckoned slyly from the car.
I remember thirteen well, but now I see it for what it really is:

Thirteen is the time of angels.
Happy birthday, my mad, bad, sad, brilliant beautiful man.
behold the awesome power of noodles
Jul. 9th, 2011 02:43 pm We went to an open house at the Voyagers Homeschooling Co-op in Acton. One of the activities was an invention workshop, where they were building bridges out of spaghetti noodles.
Final tally for Morgan's bridge:
* 7.4 reams of paper
* 387 #2 pencils
* 36 colored pencils,
* 30 large Crayola markers
* 100 small Crayola markers
* five glue sticks
* and six quarts of milk.
the sky above the port was umber
May. 9th, 2011 12:22 amToday, before Quinn's birthday dinner, the boys and I went to the International Steampunk City festival in Waltham. Only for a few hours, sadly, so we only saw a few of you.
Lots of pictures on Flickr, but here are two standouts:
Mayor Grymm and his "right hand man," Emperor Justinian Stanislaus.

That hand was a work of genius. It was fully articulated and frankly kind of creepy.
Morgan, testing out hats:

Lots of pictures on Flickr, but here are two standouts:
Mayor Grymm and his "right hand man," Emperor Justinian Stanislaus.

That hand was a work of genius. It was fully articulated and frankly kind of creepy.
Morgan, testing out hats:

The Christmas Invasion
Dec. 25th, 2010 10:22 pm"I was going to take you so many places. Barcelona. Not the city Barcelona, the planet Barcelona. You'd love it. Fantastic place. They've got dogs with no noses!"
Almost the Doctor
Nov. 20th, 2010 04:20 pm It's not quite a police box but it'll have to do.
The Doctor here is demonstrating his iOS sonic screwdriver.