Received two really cool things in the mail today; my new Disneyland Annual Pass, which I hope to use more often than the last one, and my printed Helldiver book which turned out beautifully. The pages are almost too glossy and too thick but the photos are so rich and sharp.
Mar 18 2011
An Unexpected House Guest
I noticed (actually stepped in, barefoot) some unfamiliar poop in the entryway of our house this afternoon. I knew it wasn’t mine and instantly recognized it as lizard scat from the white tip on one end. The size told me right away that this was no ordinary reptile. It was, in fact, alligator lizard caca. After finishing watching this week’s “Fairly Legal” I donned my tracker’s pith helmet and began crawling along bottom edges of walls and furniture, thinking like a lizard. Wasn’t that much of a stretch. Within minutes I discovered it’s hiding place, mainly because it broke the second cardinal rule of predation; staying quiet. I heard some rustling papers in a corner inside my mom’s room. Luckily she was out at my sister’s, far from this looming danger. I immediately closed all other doors to make sure it didn’t enter another room if it should happen to escape. I ran to the garage and quickly put together a small box to try and capture it in. I returned and slowly uncovered it by removing hoarded stuff from behind the dresser. After it crawled out, I gently coaxed it into the box/trap I had put behind it, covered it, and walked it outside, telling it in lizardian that everything was going to be ok. I sort of nudged it into the roots of a cactus tree mixed with a large, kind of out-of-control geranium plant. I had seen two alligator lizards there before so I figured it would be comfortable there. The end.
Moral of the story is if you ever want to hide in someone’s house, don’t poop in their entryway and don’t crawl on loud paper.
Mar 18 2011
Asian Radiation
Mar 17 2011
Magic And Neuroscience
Fascinating Scientific American segment on neuroscientists studying a magician’s misdirection and slight of hand.
Mar 17 2011
Another Attempt At Witnessing A Giraffe Birth
Spent the day at the San Diego Zoo with Mary and Diana. Was hoping to see the baby giraffe being born since the mom is two weeks overdue. Didn’t happen, but I did see the week-old baby Capybara, the first baby born at Elephant Odyssey. Also watched a baby Nubian Gazelle being bottle fed.
Mar 16 2011
Extreme Bipolarism
Since nothing of great import happened to me today, I give you “terrified baby laughing.”
Mar 15 2011
Our New Barrier Is Up
Mar 15 2011
Last Visit Day For The Onellions
Mar 15 2011
Birdie No More
Mar 14 2011
Full Day At SeaWorld With The Onellions
Spent the entire day out at SeaWorld with the Onellions, the family visiting from Hawaii. My mom was there for most of it as well.
Mar 13 2011
Baby Hummingbird Not A Baby Any More
Mar 13 2011
Full Day At The Zoo With The Onellions
Spent the entire day at the San Diego Zoo with the Onellions who are visiting from Hawaii.
Mar 12 2011
First Time At Casa De Reyes For Dinner
Took my mom and the Onellions over to Casa de Reyes in Old Town for dinner. Great food and great waitress. She sounded exactly like Sofia Vergara. Cute, too.
Mar 12 2011
The Onellions Are Here, The Onellions Are Here!
Mar 11 2011