Just another pic dump

So, I know it's kinda cheating and not exactly "long-form," but these photos have been kicking around my computer for a while and lumping them all together seems to be a better idea than dribbling them out. Anyway, here they are.

This is picture of the best idea I ever had back when I was a dean. Not the packing peanuts, that was Maurice Laverne Zweigle in 1960. I mean hiring Alex as the (de facto if not ex officio) lead in the instructional science labs at my college. She is smart, thorough, dedicated, endlessly innovative, and in this picture totally adorable. The lab techs at Cascadia are the best in the business and Alex is a gem.

You had one job...



Seattle formal wear: how many flannel shirts are at the typical restaurant table where you live?



I saw this hanging at Sea-Tac, and all I could think of was this.



That backwards __15cl on the wine glass there caused a bit of consternation. Two questions were raised: Is 15 centiliters (a little over 5 ounces) a decent pour for a classy place? and Is putting a pour line on the glass a Good Thing or a Bad Thing? I'm the guy who still drinks Two-buck Chuck out of a tumbler and likes it, so I didn't have much to offer, except another question: How do you know it's really 15 cl?

Precisely!

Last of the break

So, normally this might just be a Facebook album, but in consideration of the current Month of the Month initiative, I am turning it into a blog post. As an additional part of my re-negotiation with social media, I have set up an RSS feed for my Facebook notifications: they will come to my Feedly, like the blogs I read, instead of my having to visit Facebookland. We'll see how that works.

So here's the last photographic bits and bobs from the California trip.

Embrace The Light

I tried to do a forced-perspective Coco-grabbing-the-sun thing on Venice Beach... not entirely successful.

Macho Man

This reminded me of one friend in particular...  let's see if he'll read this. This item was actually one of the more tasteful examples of T-short art available on the Venice boardwalk.

His Beak Can Hold More Than His Belly Can

This pelican was hanging out on the roof of the shops at the Redondo Beach Pier while we were having an ice cream cone. Man, they are way bigger than Green Lake herons. I was surprised the photo came out so well.

It Hit The Spot

Old-school vegetarian goodness - this place was awesome. Apparently it's been going strong for 38 years - through the evolution from the days it was called health food to just vegetarian. Everything we had was fantastic. It's enough to make me want to move to L.A. (as if the sun and the warmth and the sea and the sand weren't enough).