We got all kinds of science going on this week. The eclipse reached peak in New York City at around 3:25PM EST. My building’s in the Bronx and has an amazing view from the rooftop of the northern Manhattan skyline, so I was up there with the boyfriend. It never got dark, only slightly dim, …read more.

Can see the moon a bit but not here yet

My nerves can’t take this. This time it was only about 5 seconds. But still, I ain’t built for this.

I live in New York City and my building just shook for like 15 seconds. Terrifying. It was more of a rolling quake that kept getting stronger and stronger … until it stopped. I was wondering when it was going to stop. Once I realize what was happening, I ran into my building’s hallway where …read more.

Emet doing his unnerving staring thing again

Today I pressed the button on my Blizzard hardware token and nothing happened. For an hour I sat there mashing the button before I finally came to the realization that like everything else in old World of Warcraft, it’s gone. The tokens were made by Vasco and I had gotten mine back in 2009 when …read more.

My cat Emet does this oggling thing from across the room when he’s ready to eat. He just sits across the room … and stares at me. When I sense him doing it and I look over, it’s pretty unnerving.

Today’s weather was a disappointing drop to the 40s after a warm week. The highlight was a visit to a Mexican restaurant where a ground beef burrito was enjoyed, though only an image of the empty plate remains to document the meal.