A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
It’s Furman’s Spring Break! Yep, right here at the end of February. So, with threats of snow in the forecast for Virginia and Maryland, we decide to head to Washington DC to see our friends John and Kate Kaup, who are up there for a year while on sabbatical. The snow wasn’t enough to hinder … Read More “Doing That DC Thang” »
Have you noticed the number of TV commercials for medical procedures lately? Stryker Orthopedics has been particularly egregious, with advertisements for hip and knee replacements. Drug commercials are bad enough… Ask your doctor if _____ is right for you! Side effects may include nausea, dizziness, sexual side effects, loss of appetite, loss of memory, loss … Read More “We can rebuild him” »
Our desire to annihilate each other means that we are watching less TV, at least, as far as Laura and I are concerned. We have both become addicted to the Mag Blast space battle game by Fantasy Flight Games. This is a card game in which you attempt to protect a Flagship while attacking your … Read More “Mag Blast!” »
I love XM Radio. I used to really like Shoutcast and other online radios because I could find commercial-free streams of eclectic music. However, since I’m paying for XM, and since I have to watch my bandwidth usage at work, I’ve been listening to it more. One great feature both mediums share is the ability … Read More “Nude Music Review” »
Laura was grading papers, so I my job was to stay out of her way. My map showed a caching “power trail” through the Landrum/Tryon area, so I decided to head that way. I found one neat little micro, then a traditional cache at the “Welcome to Landrum” sign. In town, it was a different … Read More “Caching in Landrum” »
NOTE: This restaurant is now closed Rule #1 – Never wait in line more than 30 minutes for any restaurant in Greenville. There are just too many nice places in town. Rule #2 – Even taking into account the first rule, Valentine’s season is a tricky time to find a place to eat in any … Read More “Rene’s Fishmarket” »
Note to self… The next time you go to the Thai restaurant, don’t sit next to the two surgeons discussing their work.
At an office luncheon… “You know, it seems you never get the wishbones with chicken any more.” “It’s them genetically modified chickens they’s selling nowdays. They ain’t got no wishbones.”
If you’re like me, you get very VERY frustrated when you are looking for information, but all you find are pages of links that take you to even more pages of links – a circular bit of web madness insues. That’s why I feel a bit concerned that my links page has seemed to take … Read More “Links-to-links-to-links-to-links” »
Sometimes, Taco Hell just isn’t what you’re after, and you don’t have enough time for sit-down with wait staff whose tenuous command of English only includes the phrase, “hot plate.” So to fill this mid-level fast-food niche, several new chains of pseudo-Mexican have popped up. Here’s a quick rundown of three in our area… Senor … Read More “Burritos, Burritos, Burritos” »