You wish your journal name were as cool as mine.

SpaceX

2026-06-15T13:25:22Z

So, I did this.... That is what I figure the stock is actually worth. I like SpaceX, even though I detest the man who technically owns it.

Jonathan Pie

2026-06-15T12:54:38Z

Class of '76

2026-06-15T11:39:10Z

Putney School, Putney, Vermont

So It Does

2026-06-12T14:10:12Z

Sent by my ex from York.

Viva Mexico!

2026-06-12T00:55:07Z

Hat

2026-06-11T13:44:29Z

Reunion.

2026-06-08T00:37:34Z

It was good. I didn't know what to expect, so it wasn't what I didn't expect. I'll probably make a *deep blog post about it on Wordpress. I'll let you know.

Putney School

2026-06-07T00:31:34Z

Right Here

2026-06-05T13:29:21Z

I got my first tattoo, age 14. I was fighting over a Rapidograph pen and got poked. Here is proof:

Greenfield, Mass.

2026-06-04T23:06:55Z

51 Years Ago

2026-06-04T19:06:17Z

On this spot, I had my most intense psychedelic experience.

Costa Rica, 2003

2026-06-03T18:08:06Z

Graveyard Closeups

2026-06-02T17:12:20Z

Mom Playing Cribbage

2026-06-01T15:03:05Z

Delta Disappoints

2026-05-31T14:41:55Z

A rare occurrance, but annoying. I was delayed leaving Mexico City, and again on arrival in Atlanta. I barely made my flight to Portland ME, and my bag didn't. Ugh. Stress. It should be delivered this afternoon, I hope.

Traveling

2026-05-30T14:12:03Z

Headed to the Divided States today.

Oh, to be young and clear-skinned again.

2026-05-29T13:53:45Z

I have a good amount of tattoos, none of which I regret. I follow a lot of ink artists on Insta, and, every once in a while — quite often, actually — I scroll past something that makes me wish I had more virgin skin to festoon with other people's art. I don't like getting ink I can't easily see, so a back tat is unlikely. I have a hummingbird over my left nipple, and plans for the rest of my front torso, but i need to finish losing weight to tighten the canvas for that. I have some space on my left arm, and plans for that are reserved for Carlos Bautistab, maestro de San Jose Del Pacifico here in Oaxaca. I also have some space on both calves. Right now, though, I can't get any at all, because I am fighting what is likely Bullous Pemphigoid, a nasty autoimmune malady that has my own body attacking my skin. It is mostly in remission right now, because I got a hefty shot of prednisone in the ass, but, after I return from my upcoming EEUU trip, I am likely going to undergo a two week oral steroid regimen. Yuk. Then, there is the edema in my right calf, also yuk. I may have chronic veinous insufficiency in that leg as well. I will find out after the Pemphigoid is vanquished.

Anyway, if you ever pass through Tucson, where there are a plethora of tattoo parlors, Johnny Jinx at Broken Clover is one of my faves, even though I don't have his art on me.

Somewhere In Sri Lanka

2026-05-28T21:40:36Z

90% sure this was in Jaffna, at the North end of the island.

Palenque

2026-05-27T13:28:18Z

A moment in time at a working palenque (mezcal distillery) outside of Ciudad Oaxaca.

NYT Games

2026-05-26T13:14:15Z

I'm abandoning the community I started to share times and scores for NYT games. There was very little interest. I named it poorly, and LJ doesn't allow you to change the name of a community. They also don't allow you to delete one, so I guess it will be there forever.

Meh.

I compare scores with a couple friends on the NYT games leaderboard, which, unfortunately, doesn't include the full crossword. If you want to be on my leaderboard over there, I am farbel.

Whatchoo Lookin' At?

2026-05-25T15:04:40Z

Scarlet Macaw, photographed at Copan Ruinas, in Honduras. It is their national bird. There are a dozen or so living at the park. They line up on a wire in the morning, waiting to be fed. That's how I got this, because I was early. After breakfast, they fly off and hang with the Toucans and Quetzales in the greater park.

Mom

2026-05-24T14:07:50Z

My mother is officially in hospice as of yesterday. She may not make it to her next birthday, in November. She is happy, not in pain, and to a great extent oblivious of her situation. What more could anyone wish?

She loved slides. Find one, and she would go down it.

Obama

2026-05-23T15:26:13Z

Central American paper in 2008-9

I don't care what any of the hindsight 20/20 armchair quarterbacks say, I am proud to have voted for this man twice and equally proud of my country for electing him. Of course he wasn't perfect. NOBODY IS. He was a damned sight better than any president in my lifetime, before or since. He freaking tried to make our country better for everyone. He compromised ideals, both his and mine and probably yours, in order to do so. THAT IS HOW IT WORKS. Politics is the art of the possible — Otto Von Bismarck.

Friday Five

2026-05-22T13:21:24Z

1. How often do you hear live music?

I think I've seen 10-12 live shows since I moved to Oaxaca five years ago.

2. What was your favorite live musical performance ever?

Probably Peter Gabriel in 1982 at the Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ. He was touring in support of his fourth solo album, and it was absolutely magnificent.

3. Do you play an instrument, or sing?

Played viola as a kid. Probably still would, if someone had suggested I play along with Deep Purple and Black Sabbath while smoking weed.

4. Have you ever performed music onstage?

Yes, with a full youth symphony orchestra, guest soloist Isaac Stern. They pressed vinyl of the performance.

5. Who is your favorite musician?

There are so many. I'm old. Deep Purple was my first. Peter Gabriel had an outsized influence on my soundtrack for most of my life. My favorite songwriters are Joni Mitchell and Bruce Cockburn. My current fave is Panteon Rococo. I am all about the Spanish language, and I am discovering so much new sound.

Surprise Surprise

2026-05-21T21:44:26Z

All the AI generated fake blues videos I posted here have been taken down.