Recordkeeping

I recently got all my old computer files back up and running on a new drive and spent the afternoon browsing and consolidating old files. It turns out I frequently start some journal type project, often dream journals, sometimes artwork diaries, and apparently usually they start in november and last a couple days. I found this short-lived project particularly amusing: the haiku-a-day program that lasted nearly 4 days almost 4 years ago.

May 11th, 2004

Satellite sitings
36 Birds on life list
Popular physics

May 12th, 2004

Light magic: Ladytron.
Birdhouses in all my prints.
Haikus don't say much.

May 13th, 2004

Star Trek 5 was bad:
"God is mean, he lives in space."
80's movies rock.

The Kids may be gone

But man did they leave a tasty biscuit recipe. I can tell it's going to be a while before this kitchen sees it's last tasty salty flour treat. In other news it's wire night, and the third cop car with its...make that the fifth cop car with its lights off just passed this bus stop. Huh. And there goes a paddy wagon...

Live moblogging from the living room

The week of lively conversations has commenced to begin, and while most of this blogs audience is actually here we will still be providing live updates all week.

The Contrapositive

The contrapositive is a delightful logical construction, for if it were not, then studying for the LSAT would not be nearly as delightful. And since not studying for the LSAT is not very delightful, the contrapositive is clearly not not a delightful logical construction.

The takeaway? Contrapositives make studying logic delightful.

We can infer the author of this blog:
A. Enjoys contrapunsitional diversions.
B. Is not not studying for the LSAT at this very moment.
C. Thinks other logical constructions should be more widely promoted.
D. Likes the smell of fake bacon.

The Walk to Work

A staircase leading up the hill east of Silverlake Blvd just north of sunset, and the path to the announcement of my last day at the tracing gig.

The news went over well. It's easy for me to get nervous about having the, "I'm going to quit conversation," with my employers, but perhaps that's in part due to the difficult magic ex-boss. Tracing boss took the news quite well, expressed interest in my future exploits and wished me the best. I'll be working through the week doing a little carpentry on some nice crate-like devices for paintings on aluminum.

We're all still hoping that the Archaeology museum gig comes through; it'd be downright unheard of to have such a consistant job. And the westside? The breeze during the walk back from work carried with it the promising salty sea air of the west side (or maybe just mid-wilshire).

California eBirds

Okay, so maybe the first post of this isn't quite so momentous and inciteful as one might hope, but rest assured I have several such entries in the Draft section on their way to production. In the meantime, I found a fun website: www.ebird.org, discovered while poking around the LA Audubon Societies' web offerings.

This morning I ventured out to my first SoCal birding expedition which was indeed an Audubon Society birdwalk. We met in a park (one which was new to me - precisely the reason to participate in such birdwalks) a bit west of here - Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir. We walked around for a few hours and saw a good 18 species, as outlined in my new ebirds profile.

The highlight was a pair of Hutton's Vireos building a nest only a few feet from one of the roads. The day turned warm and summery, a nice kick-off to spring in LA.