progeny

*Tap* *Tap* ... Ahem

Reliable sources say I have a new cousin.

I think there should be more pictures available for doting relatives to admire.

Just sayin'.

Decent Potato Salad

I just want to state for the record that here in East Tennessee, our unalienable right to decent potato salad (as proclaimed by Garrison Keillor) was upheld on July 4, even if we did skip the fireworks.

July 4th Parade - Glenside PA

Including mummers, but lots more, too.  There are more pictures here.  How was your 4th?

Buzz Aldrin: Rocket Experience

I don't know if it's good rap (assuming that's not an oxymoron), but it's fun to watch. Or you can just read the New York Times interview.

Star Trek

I'm working on a review, but in the meantime:

Go see it.

Stargazing

In case, like me, you don't get nearly enough opportunities to see most the stars in the sky, be sure to check out this Astronomy Picture of the Day.

It's almost enough to make me go out and campaign like this guy did.

Belated Birthday Greetings in Honor of Shakespeare!

Ok, I'm late with nearly everyone's birthday, so it's only right I should be late for Will's. 

Here are some fun things to enjoy:

Shakespearean Insult Generator: http://www.william-shakespeare.org.uk/a1-shakespearean-insults-generator.htm

My favorite: "Thou overwheening dread-bolted foul deformity!"

Shakespearean Twitter: http://twitter.com/shakespearesays

How to Talk Like Shakespeare: http://www.talklikeshakespeare.org

Polonius said it well

"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't."

A few more pictures

And here are some I took:

It really was a fun weekend. :-)

Ladies' Weekend

Some of the smiles are better in this one:

Not a lady, but much fussed over:

 

Kazoos hit the big time

Remember, we were there first -- some of us F1s as members of the Oak Ridge Wildrat Marching Band, and most of us at Sarah's wedding reception. Now all of a sudden the St. Louis symphony wants to get in on the act:

So maybe imitation is the sincerest form of flattery after all.