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I’d never heard of Patriots’ Day before moving to Massachusetts, so it’s sheer coincidence that on April 20th (which splits the difference between the actual commemorated date and the day of observance) I happened to ride my bike to Lexington.
I found another one of the fake signs I enjoy so much, like Oh, You and […]

I snigger.

At the Abbey Lounge the other night I kept trying to figure out the name of the band advertised by this sticker:

I’m pretty sure it’s not Thunder Cl-phi-with-a-circumflex (note: φ with a ˆ is not an html character entity) My best guess is “Thunder Clip” but Googling for that as a band name doesn’t turn […]

Six years ago, I met my love in person for the first time (although we’d corresponded for years before that).
Shortly thereafter, olives acquired special significance (or maybe enniccafigis) in our relationship, and we started giving each other olive-themed presents.

At left, chocolate olives (again), from me, for Christmas. At right, incredibly awesome crocheted olives and […]

Unlabeled piece of chocolate cake in the office fridge.

as requested by the Intellectual House o’ Pancakes:
The workspace:

The toys on the bookshelf:

Sometimes I will come in and someone will have been unable to resist the temptation to play. It’s a give-away if Transformer is not reclining or if Acrocanthosaurus is not attacking Corvette.
Not pictured: The whiteboard

About 12:30 I thought I’d take a picture of the season’s first snow:

Things carried on pretty much in this vein for a while, until about 90 minutes later I suddenly noticed a gap in the low clouds through which I could see blue sky and a puffy cumulus cloud.

Never seen anything quite like that before.