Strange Tales of Yore and Yonder

Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-22T11:23:00.000-07:00

What a difference a year makes!

Last year (with G'ma Sheila)

And today:

LBI

2008-09-18T16:07:00.001-07:00

Some choice pics of the little dune buggy and friends at LBI.

Austin Powers! Take off those glasses and eat ya green's!

2008-09-18T16:07:00.000-07:00

He HAD to have these glasses he snagged at Goodwill.

ATX is the place to be!

2008-07-05T14:22:00.000-07:00

"Data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the National Center for Education Statistics, the FBI, the American Association of Museums, the National Center for Health Statistics and the American Bar Association to evaluate 257 cities."

We are so pleased (and not surprised) to have found out Austin is #14 out of the top 50!

Playground Romeo

2008-07-01T20:05:00.000-07:00

"So uh...I got a wagon. We could like hang out or whatever..."

2008-07-01T20:00:00.000-07:00

Advance and retreat...

Puzzled

2008-07-01T19:50:00.000-07:00

Where did I put that circle?

Lord Storyplop

2008-07-01T19:43:00.000-07:00

Ruling over the land of dino story-time one subject at a time...

In cahoots

2008-06-12T21:30:00.001-07:00

I think Atticus and Trixie have banded together to start a treasure hunt....

Gulf Shores

2008-06-12T21:16:00.000-07:00

Oh, man, what a trip! Gulf Shores is beeyouteeful! In attendance was the Master of Ceremonies Atticus, Jasmine, Brian, Katherine, Doug and Sheila. A perfect week? Clear ocean (could see fishies!), blue skies, cold beer, fresh seafood, amazing key lime pie, a pristine beach and all the relaxation one could ask for. Here are some pictures.

En route:

First time on the sand and in the water:

And a nice shot of Jasmine and Brian:

We had a blast and can't wait to go back!

Hodge Podge of recent pictures.....

2008-05-27T20:25:00.001-07:00

Chillin' at the water park

Strawberries!

Town Lake Trail

Shapes are cool!

Homeslice Pizza: "What are the specials of the day?"

Water Baby!

2008-05-27T20:13:00.001-07:00

The other day, we took Atticus to our neighborhood pool. It was awesome. We were the only ones there, which was weird because it was a beautiful day. Atticus loved it. He was a big fan of splashing, and watching his hands skim the surface of the water. This summer it will be a daily excursion!

Video Killed the Radio Star performed by the Elktingville Science Fiction Fantasy and Gaming club

2008-05-19T17:28:00.000-07:00

What a great version of this song. How often do you hear upright bass, mandolin, and HARP together?

Oatmeal fight!

2008-05-19T16:58:00.001-07:00

You should have seen the other guy.......

Squeaks

2008-05-13T21:06:00.000-07:00

Birthday vid

2008-04-22T19:32:00.000-07:00

Birthday pics

2008-04-21T19:15:00.001-07:00

The General

2008-04-18T18:55:00.001-07:00

Bluebonnets

2008-04-16T21:03:00.000-07:00

Sand crab...

2008-04-10T19:11:00.000-07:00

Pics of the chief executing beach readiness exercises. Videos to come.

Printer Captain

2008-04-08T20:16:00.000-07:00

Atticus snags one of Jasmine's projects off the printer and takes it on a short trek. Then he has words with it...

Wheels of laughter (pt. 2)

2008-04-07T20:53:00.000-07:00

About half-way through this one, he elicits a quake inducing laugh that conveys one of the following thoughts: A) "That dog is made entirely of peas" or B) "Please. For the love of Berry Gordy's ghost stop doing the white suburban overbite dance, Dad".

Wheels of laughter (pt. 1)

2008-04-07T19:13:00.000-07:00

Atticus likes crawl-race.........and pretty much anything that turns.

Dungeons & Dragons redux

2008-04-07T17:33:00.000-07:00

Its been over a month since the 'Godfather' of role playing games, E. Gary Gygax, passed away. Since then, I've seen him consistently satirized in a variety of pop-culture, nerdcore, and college newspaper sites and publications. For a guy that lived in relative obscurity for most of the past 10 years, he sure made a lasting impression. The breadth and depth of these "tributes" are truly clever and would have had him laughing 8 die fireballs. My favorites include:

Picture and related caption from The Tech, MIT's school paper. The tribute is great, but the text of the caption is even better. First, the author used the word 'hackers' to describe the individuals that placed the die in the quad. I think they meant 'vandals', but that 'hackers' has become universal nomenclature for anyone subversive. Or I'm just old. Apparently he is also the inventor of 'THE Dungeons and Dragons' which makes him kind of creepy and possibly a lesser deity.
This NY Times article. The article itself is ok, but the Visio diagram is genius. There are frighteningly accurate truths about me hidden in there.
This masterpiece in Wired magazine. I can't decide which is funnier, the concept itself or the celebrities they selected. Rick Astley hasn't had this much run since he and Falco were bonus questions on You Don't Know Jack.

I'll leave you with this.

First!

2008-04-02T17:42:00.000-07:00

I've been searching for an easy way to regularly share pics of Atticus and assorted tales with a wider audience of family and friends. I've missed sharing the artifacts as well as the creative outlet since the days of the Daily Harper. I can't promise that the updates won't die an abrupt death once Atticus starts ordering Taylor polynomials on his pizza...in French, but this seems like a fairly easy format to manage even for me, the Man of Shrinking Free Time.

Saxaboom throwdown

2008-04-02T17:03:00.000-07:00

Watch Ace rock the saxaboom! Jables never played this good.