Festivities and a minor rant Grandma and Grandpa Hughes (Audrey‘s parents) will be here tomorrow morning. Wild horses couldn’t keep them away. If you’re in town and want to stop by, we will have a little party starting at 6 … Continue reading →

Birthdays Happy Birthday wishes go out to garret (today), SirDeath (tomorrow) and my Abbot (last Saturday – ack!). Squiddle-boy I hate to see those pictures of Ian drop off the home page. —–

I sing the praises of NetNewsWire Lite I just noticed this. The icon for Brent’s RSS reader, NetNewsWire Lite, changes in the MacOSX taskbar to show the number of unread articles. This is so cool! So when you have double-clicked … Continue reading →

Back The conference was fantastic. By far, the best regional archaeological conference I have ever been to. It is my chosen region, however, so the possibility exists I could be biased. Having said that, I’m exhausted and spent (thinking hurts!) … Continue reading →

Great Basin Anthropological Conference Final prep is done and we are heading out early tomorrow (Wednesday) to get to Elko, Nevada at a somewhat reasonable time. I will see you on Monday. —–

Thank you, John and Martin. He is a joy to be around. Hmm, must check referer log for ‘Abraham.’ —–

Amorous ostriches scoop Ig Nobel prize "An investigation into why amorous UK ostriches were failing to breed is just one of the winners of the 2002 Ig Nobel Prizes. The annual awards for achievements that "cannot or should not be … Continue reading →

No Huzzah This Year Rats, in the midst of preparation for the Great Basin Anthropological Conference, I just realized that I will be missing this year’s Age of Chivalry Renaissance Festival in Las Vegas. Humph. —–

Zevon Joseph Duemer has reviewed Warren Zevon’s latest recording at Blogcritics. [mark] End of the world as we know it? Nah. Just some local precip, about .09 inches. Almost anywhere else that amount would not be noticed, unless you happen … Continue reading →