Monthly Archives: September 2010

I am sitting here at my computer having just finished a particularly long and tedious shift at the bakery. Making pies and French bread from scratch is a pain to do at home, and doing it at a commercial scale … Continue reading →

It was a little odd to hear NPR this morning mention both Portage, WI and "The town of Caledonia." I grew up in Caledonia, which is a township and not by any stretch of imagination an actual town. The nearest … Continue reading →

Last Sunday the lovely Choo organized an outing to a dim sum restaurant in the North Lamar China Center. I’ve mentioned dim sum before, and if ever there were a proper way to eat it, it’s with a group of … Continue reading →

So, apparently, no one really knows what would happen if you put your hand in the Large Hadron Collider proton beam. My tax money is paying for those protons. I demand some hand vaporizing.

A while ago I openly mused that I should get a fishing license. Julia (my food-frakking deputy) who we have determined does indeed pay attention, subsequently bought me a Texas fishing license and a pole. My first fishing expedition was … Continue reading →

So, yet another thing that I should mention. I was asked by Norm Sherman to step in as an associate editor at the Drabblecast. I’ve been a fan of the Drabblecast for as long as I’ve had an MP3 player. … Continue reading →

More visitors to the porch light.

I feel a little like a cheating spouse, contributing to another blog, but I was recently invited to write for No Fear of the Future. For those of you who aren’t familiar, No Fear of the Future is a group … Continue reading →

Let us be honest with ourselves. There are plenty of weird foods made by and for the pale of skin. This food frakker will address those particularly American or Caucasian things I put in my mouth over the past month. … Continue reading →

We’re going to be optimistic and assume that the next Space Squid issue will come out in March. This is the general time frame for our favorite local zine expo Staple!, as well as the Austin incarnation of World Horror. … Continue reading →