Hooray for the New Yorker!

The New Yorker has a weekly cartoon slideshow. Yesssssss!

Was Zum Teufel?!

Tuesday, Dec 04 – This week of pissing dogs, cussing nuns, and spooky news carriers kicks off today with the discovery of a website for lost gloves. For those of you who know me well, you may recall that from September through about May, I wear gloves because my hands are

2007 Winterhouse Writing Awards

Cool. They’ve been announced. With the readings this time! And the 2006 pieces have also finally been published. I’ve been waiting to read these forever.

Oslo Moslo.

originally uploaded by Neylano. Michaela took this photo when he was about six months old. My first little Weim. Thump thump. *sigh*

Was Zum Teufel?!

Tuesday, Nov 27 – During this week of sun, then snow, then rain, then rain, then more rain, then flooding, then wind, then the closing of I-5 between Seattle and Portland, we start this week’s WZT off with a Thanksgiving story from my friend Janet. Janet, whom I met while

Was Zum Teufel?!

Tuesday, Nov 20 – With the holiday season officially upon us this week, the Weims decided to ring it in by scaring the crap out of the cleaning ladies (no, they’re not short Asian women). When they arrived, Oslo and Mies were loose in the house, not in the kennel

An Interaction Designer's Thanksgiving.

Things we should be thankful for. From Dan Saffer.

German dogs. German coffee cake.

So, I haven’t yet finished WZT for this week. Sorry. But it is Thanksgiving. And a Thanksgiving around which we’re showing the house, too. Hopefully, we will have a tenant lined up soon. And as is customary in this house, we like to have really special treats for

Was Zum Teufel?!

Tuesday, Nov 13 -This week ushers in on the wings of holy matrimony. That’s right, dogs getting married. Today in New Dehli, India, Selva Kumar married a dog: In a ceremony befitting a beautiful Indian bride, the bitch, a former 10-year-old stray named "Selvi," was bathed and

NPR Soundclips.

I love Soundclips, a great segment on NPR. It’s like sound snapshots, which I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. Is there really an audible equivalent to a snapshot? Perhaps, but there won’t be as much identifiable information therein because sound is so much more a product