Author Archives: mbey

Here’s a few sights from grocery stores around Austin. Every once in a while I have to use the restroom at the HEB when it’s being cleaned, so I have to visit the second-floor employees’ facilities. It’s a grackle’s eye … Continue reading →

I stopped by Sasona, my old co-op for a while last week. It’s been a long time since I’ve visited, and I was pleasantly surprised that some of the ridiculous ghetto hacks I had installed are still running, years later. … Continue reading →

The story of my most recent fishing trip starts with crickets. Thousands and thousands of crickets. Apparently this is a fairly common event this time of year. I think that Highland Mall has a particularly large swarm because they irrigate … Continue reading →

I wanted to post a few photos from the recent Space Squid excursion to College Station. Because it was the official hand-over of the clay tablet issue to the Cushing science fiction archive, we had to make it a huge … Continue reading →

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 →