random

Binary cupcake

6 February 2012

My friend Jen made cupcakes with the letter P in binary.  I forget what the P was for, but the cupcakes were yummers!

Shoes & a peel

5 February 2012
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Saw these Guess shoes in the parking lot at Trader Joe’s.  Mysterious.

matchbook herbs

30 January 2012
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isn’t this adorable?  a garden in a matchbook!

the kenobi mobile

13 January 2012
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Turns out old Ben Kenobi lives in Newport Beach.  And drives a Chevy Tahoe… guess he needs it to lug around all his excess Jedi paraphernalia.  Who knew?

giant hinge

31 December 2011
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The Nordstrom’s in Santa Barbara has very posh bathrooms, and the door to each stall is hung with these enormous silver hinges that could be used to hang a door to a castle. Seriously.

floating camera

30 December 2011
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The Canon 70-200 mm lens I rented a few weeks ago has a foot on it, and I liked the illusion it creates. You can see the lens on, yes, Russian wikipedia. Because that’s how I roll, baby…

my jedi soul mate

29 December 2011
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Is it weird that I have a crush on a small, ancient, green skinned puppet? It’s probably the result of a Jedi mind trick. I had a meeting with a research librarian last week for a client project, and when I saw this poster in her office window I knew we’d be friends.

Christmas duck

23 December 2011
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My neighbors added a bit of tinsel to their yard ornament. It makes me laugh every time I walk past it.

pretty nerts pile

11 December 2011
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When we were playing cards last night, Kim said, ohhh, how pretty! that would be a great photo. She was right, as usual. : )

world’s cutest camper

8 December 2011
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When I was little I would have BEGGED my parents to buy this so my brother and I could use it as a fort in our backyard. You probably have to be the size of a hobbit to even get in that wee door, but I’d still like to give it a shot…