Travel
The sound of sea breeze whistling across a half-empty Corona bottle, as the gentle lap of waves provides accompaniment. I don’t think I’ll go back to work.
Author: Tom
Miscellaneous
OK, everybody get ready to oooh and aaaah. Three kittens – two Siamese and one Tuxedo. Amy’s looking for homes for them. Any takers?
Travel
The dogwoods are blooming, as are the azaleas. Our yard is just about at peak color. So we decide to leave. Truth is, we haven’t been away together since our trip to London last summer. It’s high time for a vacation. We loaded up the car and headed toward Amy’s in Florida. Traffic was … Read More “Heading South” »
Local, Restaurants
Obviously, Laura is out of town, and I’m trying new restaurants. Tonight I was in the mood for simple but tasty. I’d heard some folks talking about Southern Fried Green Tomatoes, and thought I needed to give it a try. SFGT is a meat-n-two located on Congaree Road, behind Haywood Mall. Atmosphere: This place is … Read More “Meat-n-2.0, Southern Fried Green Tomatoes” »
Local, Restaurants
I was in the mood for Italian, so I decided to try a little place just around the corner from us. Balducci’s has been open in the Pelham Court Plaza for nearly a year, having replaced Moretti’s, another Italian sandwich shop. Atmosphere: The place is quite small. Basically, a several booths line one wall, with … Read More “Balducci’s” »
Local, Photography, Travel
I had originally planned to ride to Congaree National Park. However, the thought of riding two hours in both directions down to Columbia was just about more than I could tolerated, even if I do have a nice vehicle. Instead, I headed northward toward the mountains. While the distance would be about the same, at … Read More “Blue Ridge Westward” »
Miscellaneous, Science
Saturday night the Roper Mountain Astronomers and Furman University’s Physics Department hosted a star party at the Furman observatory near Cleveland, SC. I decided to load up my telescope and head on up that way. I arrived to find the party in full swing. Jerry Polsinelli had brought the club’s 14in Dobsonian and had it … Read More “Star Party” »
Local
The requisite six months has passed for me to have repressed most of the memories of my last trip to the Jockey Lot. It was time for another trip with Paul, and we had new victims Brian and Greg are the newest Furman Chemistry faculty, and was high time to introduce them to the … Read More “Heart of Dixie” »
Photography
Driving home from work on Friday I saw a peach orchard in full bloom. I decided that it would be a nice target for some photos in the late afternoon light. Driving over a rickety wooden bridge in Duncan, the way the sun illuminated the railroad tracks also caught my eye
Internet, Miscellaneous
I get tons of spam comments on this website. That’s just part of living with a blog that accepts comments. Some of them try to flatter and fool you with a phrase such as, "I found the information on this website to be very useful." Then they post tons of links to everything from dubious … Read More “Polite Spam” »