Monthly Archives: August 2010

According to the experts at HMNS, this little feller (he’s about 4″ or so) is Anurognathus, the frogmouthed mini pterodactyl. He, too, is about 150 million years old and according to tour guide and HMNS fossil guy David Temple he’s … Continue reading →

It’s never been a secret that I’ve been a science fiction fan for nearly 50 years now. I wasn’t terrifically impressed with the Stargate movie, but SG-1 ranks high in the pantheon. This is only relevant because it starts to … Continue reading →

Okay, the saying is old, 1742, or thereabouts, but sometimes it’s not bliss, it’s just damned embarrassing. Monday a couple weeks back I made the opportunity to visit one of my favorite places in town, the Houston Museum of Natural … Continue reading →

NOT the way I’d want to spend my midday in a Houston August… Yeah, that’s a rip saw he’s playing; it’s a kind of odd eerie ethereal sound. He said he does this every so often, but before I could … Continue reading →

Almost recovered from White Linen Night, so… a few pix. Nothing serious, mostly just wandering and eyeballing, visiting friends. Oh, and buying a new coffee mug from John Delafield. (I think he meant it to be a beer stein but … Continue reading →

Another in the series of photographs that just crawled into the camera…