Friday December 19 2008 | File under: comic |
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Boat life, from the brief experiences I've had with it in the South Pacific, on Lake Union, and now here in the Caribbean, suits me. And it seems the more I learn, the more I like it.
My accomodations here in Grenada are aboard SV Starshine, a 37-foot cutter anchored in Prickley Bay. Notice I said anchored, not docked. That means: a) No shore power. All power aboard is from the solar panels, wind generator, or, when the need arises, a small generator*. b) No shore water. Water comes from rain water catchment, or a water maker when needed*. A daily swim off the bow does away with the need for showers, at least for me. c) Dingy in dingy out. No popping down to the corner store for an after dinner ice cream. Aside from the ins and outs of being anchored, other new boat stuff presents itself everyday. From the morning dispatch via VHF radio ("the Net") to the close knit community among the cruisers, I dig it all. (The warm weather and wonderful company doesn't hurt either.) |
Thursday December 18 2008 | File under: travel, Grenada |
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Monday December 15 2008 | File under: travel, Grenada |
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[on a brief layover in DC, I stopped in to check out the new Capitol Visitor Center] |
Friday December 12 2008 | File under: travel, misc |
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Friday December 12 2008 | File under: comc |
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Punksto, hands down the cutest child in her generation of my family, turned six years old this weekend. We made the trek down to Olympia to help her celebrate, and celebrate she did! Family dinner, delicious cake, and a party at the gymnastics place, where mats for tumbling, bars for swinging, and trampolines for bouncing abounded. (It was a great place to practice the new(ish) trick.)
((The gymnastics place didn't let "adults" play on the equipment, which was kind of like putting a piece of pizza in front of someone on the Atkins diet, pure hell. I was ready to risk it all and make a break for the springboard into the foam pit. But I held myself back, for Punksto's sake. I guess that is my present to her: not getting her banned from the gym.)) |
Monday December 8 2008 | File under: misc |
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You can tell right away, dear long time reader, that this comic wasn't made by me. Not because it is inferior in artistic quality or joke caliber. Quite the opposite I would say. Any pen and paper drawing automatically gets props above any paint shop pro-ed drawing. As for the joke caliber, I genuinely LOLed.
Ms. Hannah (of HBadventure) provided this comic without so much as a paint fill bucket click by me. It is her rebuttal to my recent series (that stars a character that may or may not be loosely based on her). (If you haven't been following that series, allow me to refresh your memory.) Throw in a little game night inside jokery, and voila. Inside jokes are funny. So is this comic. Thanks Hannah! (P.S. See? One panel comics can be funny!) |
Thursday December 4 2008 | File under: comic |
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What happens when you mix the wonderful drawing game pictionary(tm) and that wacky whispering kids game telephone? Pictionary Telephone of course!
Here's how it works: 1. Everyone starts with a half sheet of paper. (The more vertically oriented the better. I usually split 8x11 sheets vertically.) 2. On the top of the sheet, each person writes a short common phrase (book title, catch phrase, adage, etc. 3. Here comes the crucial step: each person folds the top of their paper back so that the phrase is still visible, but upside on the backside, leaving the front of the paper empty. Diagram 1a. 4. Once everyone has written their phrase, every passes their sheet to the left. 5. Now everyone draws a picture representing the phrase on his/her sheet of paper. It is best to keep the picture small, again aligned to the top of the page. Pictionary rules apply: no letters, numbers, or symbols. 6. Fold the paper in the same manner as before. This fold should cause the original phrase to be hidden (by being folded under) and only the picture to show (upside down on the back of the paper). Diagram 1b. * 7. Pass the papers to the left. 8. Now everyone writes what phrase they think the picture represents (again at the top of the paper.) 9. Now pass again. This cycle of guessing the phrase from a drawing and drawing a phrase repeats until there is no more paper. After the sheets are mostly used up, unfold them and pass them around, so everyone can see the hilarity that came about. Sometimes the drawings are so good and the phrases so memorable that they make it all the way through without being changed: example 1, example 2. Sometimes things start out in the right direction and take a bit of a left turn:example 3, example 4, example 5. Sometimes it's not even close*: example 6. |
Wednesday December 3 2008 | File under: games |
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Sunday November 30 2008 | File under: misc |
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Friday November 28 2008 | File under: comic |
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