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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.

The arrival of the Strange Objects was preceded by a great deal of activity in the vicinity of the front closet. Lots of dusty-smelling things were extracted, and then returned. Many interesting noises: crinkles, scuffs, scrapes, resonant thumps, and so forth. I observed from what seemed a safe distance, i.e., the couch. I think we […]

Have I mentioned lately how much I love Somerville?
(Detail of photo at flickr)

Take a picture of a beautiful sunset.
(Larger version at flickr)

We were out walking and had just left Lorem Ipsum Books when the news broke about Portugal’s World Cup victory over England. The streets around Inman Square were almost instantly jammed with cars full of flag-waving celebrants.
We slipped into Bukowksi’s Tavern to sip an ale and watch (and listen to the honking and hooting sounds […]

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Why isn’t the mainstream media paying more attention to this story?
Black Box Voting alleges tampering of voting machines; “approximatley 100,000 errors”
Obviously, this is a group with an agenda. They claim they’re sure they’re looking at live data rather than test data, but it seems possible to me that they are misinterpreting the data.
But I […]

This guy is hardcore:

(Sorry for the shaky picture, but that black blur there is a cyclist riding down the street during the blizzard.)
Compared to him, I’m like . . . Charmin-core.
More snowstorm pics soon. It’s a busy evening at summervillain central . . . we only have time for this brief excerpt.
Giant snow waffle and more at flickr.