Slightly Off KIlter

Normal is overrated

  • I wonder what I did last week

    Hmmmm. Looking back over my weblog, I wonder what I did last week. I guess it wasn't very interesting. Continue reading

  • Nature Walk

    Once again, I forgot to take a camera. Sigh. Pics are representative; from enature.com. But we did see these. Time to put a camera in the car; it does no good on the shelf! Coming onto the trail we met a woman coming out carrying a lizard! She had caught him and was holding him… Continue reading

  • Finding Nemo

    We saw Finding Nemo last night. The movie is fun and intensely colorful (I felt like I was inside a screen saver :-). There are some darker parts than previous Pixar films (especially the introduction, which evokes memories of Bambi and Dumbo). Although it was important to understand why the main characters were a single… Continue reading

  • Amazing JavaScript Clock

    Have you seen the Amazing JavaScript Web Clock? It's cool. N.B. The clock requires JavaScript. Mac users note: The clock does not work under Safari Beta 2; try IE.5 (a bug report has been filed) (Apparently the Javascript also does not work under OmniWeb, Camino/Chimera, or Netscape either… any JavaScript gurus who can figure out… Continue reading

  • Origami paper sculpture

    I ran across a reference to Michael G. LaFosse almost three years ago, when I found an issue of Bats magazine in our doctor's waiting room (apparently a doctor at the clinic subscribes). Mr Fosse does incredible paper scuplture and fantastic origami; he was featured in an article entitled Origami and the Art of Bat… Continue reading

  • Herbal Mosquito Repellant

    Want a natural way to fight mosquitoes? Something without nasty pesticides? Try catnip! Apparently it repels mosquitoes (and your cats will love you for it). Continue reading

  • Romeo and Juliet

    We watched West Side Story last night. Well, Rich watched the whole movie; I stopped about 3/4 through. I just couldn't stay with it. I've never been a big fan of Romeo and Juliet or of tragedy in general, at least when it involves innocent people and inexorable events. Sigh. Nice dancing though. Very balletic.… Continue reading

  • Movie Review: Widows

    Interesting "heist" action film; kept me guessing Violence: Especially at the beginning, mostly implied Rating: PG-13 (I'm not sure how it missed R, though) I rented this on DVD and rather liked it. It starts out with a bang (and an explosion) as four men, planning to rob a gallery for a $300million Vermeer are… Continue reading

  • Movie review: Who is Cletis Tout?

    Gently bent…. Violence: Mostly to those who deserve it Humor: subtle Rated R This was a fun movie; strange, but likeable. It's a little confusing at the beginning. Stay with it; all will be explained in a little time. Most of the story is told through flashbacks. Continue reading

  • Local cat saves family from fire

    Two people in Burlingame, CA, (two towns south of oours) left a candle burning when they went to bed; the woman put the candle into the sink, but it fell in the drain, burned through the plastic drain, and ignited the chemicals under the sink. The cat woke them up howling at 2:30 am and… Continue reading