This has been a big week for James! He said “beep” the other day (but not repeated the feat) and today he decided he wanted to walk. Grandpa was over and he just started walking. he’s been trying for weeks, but he’s only managed 2 “steps” before collapsing. Today he just started with 3 steps … Read more
Jurassic beaver swims into view - Large early mammal was first to get furry. From nature.com Ever see the cliché ending to virtually every program on the extinction of the dinosaurs where the Tyrannosaurus Rex skull lies in the sand with the mouse-like mammal crawling out its eye socket? Until now, the fossil record has only yielded … Read more
Many Dino Fossils Could Have Soft Tissue Inside from the National Geographic Society This is a fascinating report concerning the “fossilized” soft tissue discovered last year. The traditional view of the fossilization process should result in no soft tissue remaining. In a nutshell, when a creature dies, it’s soft tissue rots (or is eaten) away, … Read more
Proud parental moment today: We were eating a Wendy’s, and we’d been there for about 30 minutes. There was an elderly couple who had been there since before we arrived. As they got up to leave, the gentleman came over to our table and said, “Excuse me. I just wanted to tell you that you … Read more
When did they start making 8-pack sodas? Is this so they can catch bigger sea otters? It’s just all wrong, it doesn’t fit naturally in the hand like the 6-pack does. Should you spread your fingers uncomfortably wide and hold using the two outer gaps, or use two adjoining ones and have the whole thing … Read more
It’s been quite a week. Although I’ve eaten pizza, on average, at least once a week since I was on solid food (that equates to thousands of pizzas, by the way), I don’t think I’ve eaten pizza 7 days in a row since I was in college. (I think my personal collegiate record of pizza … Read more
Thursday, my first choice for a pizza to review was Spinato’s, but it was not to be. Spinato’s (on Glendale) has been taunting me for some time now. I’ve never driven past it at a convenient time to stop and have a pizza, and, as it is tucked away in an oddly positioned strip mall, … Read more
My son said his first intelligible word today, both my wife and I heard it clear as a bell. We each spend a lot of time saying “Mommy” and “Daddy” to him in the hopes he’ll echo it back to us. So how were we rewarded? He’s recently taken to holding out his finger so … Read more
Monday, when searching for pizza, I stopped a Mamma Mia Brick Oven Pizza first, but there was nowhere to eat and the smallest pizza was 14″, so I grabbed a menu and planned for a weekday lunch visit from my office. When I picked up the menu, the restaurant smelled heavenly! (Admittedly, I was hungry … Read more
Pizza Week rolled onto Thursday with an evening visit to Pat’s Pizza Plus. Pat’s is not much to look at, located as it is in a ramshackle old strip mall on E Glendale Rd. Inside it’s got the same kind of character. I’ve never understood why some restaurants feel the need to cover their walls … Read more