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The Birthplace of Texas

Posted on 15 April 2017 by conrad reynolds

Saturday morning we got up and watched the live birth of the giraffe on the internet.  “What kind of giraffe is that?” CVH asked me.  “I think it’s a Rothschild’s”.  CVH found it very exciting to watch. After the big … Continue reading →

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The Best Part of Texas

Posted on 14 April 2017 by conrad reynolds

The Best Part of Texas is that you can get Blue Bell there again, which is still not available in Louisville. We flew down to Houston today on United (aka Republic) Airlines.  I got a seat with a lot of … Continue reading →

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And Get Off My Lawn!

Posted on 2 April 2017 by conrad reynolds

Springtime, and I go to the store to get a new air filter and spark plug for the old lawnmower.  As I’m heading out to the shed, CVH asks what I’m doing. “I need to gap the new spark plug … Continue reading →

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You’ve got to be kidding

Posted on 1 April 2017 by conrad reynolds

Today I noticed that my dental floss has an expiration date stamped on the package.  I mean, really – if a Twinkie can last thirty years, why can’t my floss last two?

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All Things Are Temporary

Posted on 24 March 2017 by conrad reynolds

And vacations must come to an end.  Today is our last day in Chicago (unless we decide to chuck it all and stay here). After a bitterly cold Wednesday (even the local weather forecaster termed it “unseasonably cold”), today it’s … Continue reading →

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A Wrinkle in Time

Posted on 23 March 2017 by conrad reynolds

This evening we went to a staging of L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time.  (I wanted to see American Idiot, but got outvoted by CVH.) You read the book when you were a kid.  You are thinking that it would be … Continue reading →

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Windy City Café Pancake Burger

Posted on 23 March 2017 by conrad reynolds

Around the corner from the Intuit Gallery is the Windy City Café.  I had one of their house specials, the Pancake Burger: a burger served with a fried egg between two pancakes.  It works much better than it sounds, and … Continue reading →

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Bees are in Trouble

Posted on 23 March 2017 by conrad reynolds

I saw this from a CTA bus:  “Bees need lawyers too”. If true, we are all in big trouble.

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Year of Darger

Posted on 23 March 2017 by conrad reynolds

After filling up my swag bag at the vendor area, I headed uptown to the Intuit Gallery of Outsider Art.  They have proclaimed 2017 as their “Year of Darger”, the 125th birth anniversary of Henry Darger.  (You may know Henry … Continue reading →

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Robot Cat

Posted on 23 March 2017 by conrad reynolds

This morning CVH and I went down to the vendor area of the convention.  As with most convention vendor areas, they had all kinds of stuff, but the most fascinating was the robot cat.  It’s not creepy at all, but … Continue reading →

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