Author Archives: mbey

I was trying to bike through the Mueller development this evening as the sun set. For non-Austinites, the Mueller development is the old Austin airport which was de-commissioned and then subjected to a stunning array of political and economic forces … Continue reading →

The weather has returned to what most people would consider reasonable temperatures. No longer will I need to ingest large amounts of chilled food and beverage to normalize my core body temperature. So for the last time, I present to … Continue reading →

I’ve become one of those people. I now own a set of juggling clubs. I bought them because Julia owns a set and I was always using them when she had her backed turned. You can only get good juggling … Continue reading →

I would like to point out at this juncture that my story "Beneath the Red City" is now available at Innsmouth Free Press. This is a story that I wrote a couple years ago when I was having a Lovecraft … Continue reading →

It’s not strictly accurate to say that Austin has a zoo. There is however a place in Austin with the name Austin Zoo. It’s located to the southwest of town, where the suburbs meet the rolling hills and cedar scrubland … Continue reading →

Texas is generally a pretty ugly state. On any given day it will be beautiful for no more than ten minutes. Those days, when they happen, look like this:

I was saying when Julia and I did the solar system model that I needed to do more projects that I could take from conception to completion in the course of a single evening. Here’s some more modest time commitment … Continue reading →

I blogged earlier about my laser printer and how I had to order a new cartridge over ebay. When the cartridge arrived, it turns out that it didn’t quite fit in the printer. And that’s where the hacksaw comes into … Continue reading →

During that last big trip to MT Asian Market, I had to buy a packet of spiny eels. They were just so cute, with their pointy little noses and spotted tails. There’s very little on the web about how to … Continue reading →

The bad thing about the internet is that you can learn about something obscure and then buy it on impulse a couple minutes later. That’s what happened to me when I learned about Alternative 3, a British hoax documentary that … Continue reading →