Archives: 2007 May

In downtown Birmingham, Alabama, you can take a refreshing break from the heat of the day by ducking into the lobby of the McWane Center. If you explore bit, you’ll quickly run across George Rhoads’ audiokinetic sculpture Vulcan’s Dream. It sits near the 2nd Ave N. entrace, between the Cafe and the Imax Theater.
This […]

If for any reason you happen to find yourself in Montevallo, Alabama, and you’ve got some time on your hands, then I recommend you take a trip to Orr Park. Now I’m sure you’re wondering what’s so darn impressive about a tiny park in a small town. Is it some rare ornamental planting? […]

I’ve been checking out different gallery software packages that I could find, in order to better share my photos with you, Gentle Reader.
I have selected Gallery2, a php application that will run in my existing server configuration, and will also integrate nicely with the Wordpress software which drives this blog. I like the functionality that […]

In general I try to keep politics out of my discussions, but thanks to a post by the lovely Xeni Jardin over at BoingBoing a recent Frontline investigation into acts of spying by our government on everyday, innocent civilians came to my attention. These actions are decidely the opposite of Mirth, but sorely […]

I was probably only 4 or 5 years old when I ran across my first Rube Goldberg cartoon. Yay! What fun it was to see the impossible and impractical contraptions that sprang from the genius of Rube Goldberg!
I suppose that I had been primed for the occasion - some of my favorite puzzles […]

You should be able to tell by the freshly served ads from Google that I’ve already sold out! I’ve decided to reap the benefits of the millions of visitors that flock to my blog on a daily basis, and monetize my stream-of-consciousness diatribe.
Hey! It could happen! Besides, as a means of learning […]

Wayne Lytle is my hero.
No, really. My hero. Here’s why:
Wayne had an idea that landed completely off the beaten path. Wait, more than idea, almost an obsession from what I can tell. Then again, maybe it was just the isolation resulting from being snowed in all those winter nights at Cornell […]

My friend Steve Higley over at The Higley 1000 has been having a ball with his website. If you make a quick visit (don’t forget to come back here!) you can read the results of his research into the racial makeup of the most affluent neighborhoods in the US.
One thing I’ve learned about his […]