Field Museum

Didn't I just post about rites of Spring? Yesterday about six inches of snow dumped on Chicago! I had the day off, and had plans to take Jason to the Field Museum. Yesterday's weather gave too many other people the same idea, and it was crowded like a weekend afternoon.


Even though we had just been to the museum recently, we were still able to spend hours there and not see anything that we saw on our last visit. The Field Museum is just that big and that impressive!

DPC: Blurry Mess

Quantum Crash

This was taken from the back of a mostly empty CTA bus, with a long exposure time while I twisted the camera around the lens axis. I adjusted the color map a bit in Photoshop until I found ones that I liked.

Rites of Spring

Warm weather the previous week deluded me into think winter was over. It didn't snow this weekend, but not because it wasn't cold enough for snow. Undeterred, I opened up the grills and cleaned both out, and grilled up salmon and steaks for dinner tonight.

I didn't realize Buckethead had a song on Guitar Hero 2 until last night. That alone was enough to convince me I needed to get that game for my PS2 (and thus get another guitar controller).

Apple Pie Tamales

Today I made a new variant of the tamale recipe. In true "old school" fashion, nothing was measured precisely, nor was any of this written down. It was a small batch, only about 35 tamales, but that was enough to keep me busy all afternoon. They turned out great (obviously!), and I'll probably make these again. As far as tamale recipes go, this one was less labor intensive. Dicing apples is much easier than dicing raw meat.

DPC: Silverware

Forbidden Lovers

My first idea for this challenge was to get a fork and a spoon wrapped around each other at the "neck" of the handle, but I knew better than to do that with our own utensils, and couldn't find malleable ones at any of the discount stores. Fortunately, my cooperative model was up to the task of some dinnerware erotica.

Lately

I took the family up to Iowa recently, and totally forgot to blog about it. Apparently I'm too far removed from the days of working for a search engine company or an email startup. I'm sometimes surprised I manage to get more than a couple posts on this blog each week.

You've probably noticed the "Worth Reading" sidebar. You should be reading those articles. I only share the good stuff because I like you.

This week's challenge for DPC was Blurry Mess, and it was a lot of fun to shoot for it. You can expect to see my entry for that after voting ends next Tuesday.

Chemistry

HIgh school chemistry was never this much fun.

10 chemical reactions.

Toys Reflecting Reality

I found this through a link on BBSpot. Read some of the comments, they're hilarious.

DPC: Pet Portrait

"Don't listen to those voters, my freaky pet. I still like you."

I've been on a roll with the "Woody" shots for DPC lately. A few of the voters mistook me for one of the prominent personalities of the site, which more than makes up for almost getting last place in the challenge.

Remember, clicking on these pictures will take you to the actual DPC page, where you can see what other DPC types thought of it.