Author Archives: Anton

here kitty kitty

Pillow has been missing for twelve days. *snif* I wish I’d asked the vet to check his chip, when he was in for a shot last month. …

Posted in pets | 3 Comments

heraldic heresy

I happened to see a “demo” in a park by a branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism. (A “demo” is a small event designed to get public attention, as opposed to one where everyone present is expected to dress … Continue reading

Posted in fandom, heraldry | Leave a comment

where the skies are cloudy all day

My sky has been heavily overcast for days. This impairs my sense of the hours, and sometimes makes me feel dopey.

Posted in Cascadia, me!me!me! | 2 Comments

tree dandruff

The cottonwoods are heavily shedding what look like very late snowflakes. The first distinctive feature I’ve noticed in the local dialect is a habit, among some people in retail (and the like), of responding to every datum with “Perfect.” Are … Continue reading

Posted in Cascadia | 2 Comments

lapse

I couldn’t write here for a while because my webhost’s firewall blocked my IP. Did anyone notice? I must have done something suspicious, perhaps my attempt to change a file’s permissions using FTP. (One of my mathematical pictures returns 403 … Continue reading

Posted in me!me!me! | 2 Comments

hair from zero

Dissatisfied with my last couple of haircuts, I got the idea to shave it all off and take pictures over the following year before deciding what length I like best. The spring equinox seemed the most natural time to start … Continue reading

Posted in me!me!me! | 1 Comment

welcome, sinner!

Last week, on the anniversary of something or other, Bill Clinton wrote (or at least signed) an op-ed containing this phrase: we do not have the right to resort to violence — or the threat of violence — when we … Continue reading

Posted in politics | Leave a comment