A Celebration of Mundanity

This trip has been Gaudi-centric, and many of the places I visited and photographed involved his Dr. Seuss like architecture. I rather enjoy the style and it is the hallmark style of many landmark's…

Today is Charles Darwin's 200th birthday and there are all sorts of Darwin-centric events happening at the museum today, this week, really all this year as it is also the 150th anniversary of the…

Well, I couldn't find wild boar shoulder, so I used diced pork shoulder instead. This was featured on BBC's Saturday Kitchen, the Saturday morning talk/cooking show that is frequently what we watch…

We needed to get out of the house today to enjoy what turned into a really sunny day, so we opted for short walk along the public footpaths that run right near our house. In a field not to far from…

"Making It Part of the Collection" Several months ago I agreed to be a part of an exhibit demonstrating beetle pinning. One of the many "fish bowl" windows looking in on staff in the new building…

I'm glad I stayed home from work today too. The local train isn't running and the trains on the main line are not running on any regular schedule. My commute would have been horrific this morning. As…

London is shut down today due to snow! Even though I had already taken today off so I could stay up for the Superbowl, I wake up to emails from work saying don't try to come in. Tomorrow may be more…

I can't help but feel we are missing out by not being home for the Superbowl. Nothing brings a city together like their team making it that far. And there's nothing quite like a Steelers fan. I'm…

I may be living and working nearly 4,000 miles away from home, but today, my heart is fully in Pittsburgh. I've been wearing my Steelers paraphernalia since waking, knowing full well the entire city…

Today's stats-- Bourne End, England: 52°F (10°C) Pittsburgh, US: -8°F (-22°C) - sounds like the city shut down yesterday with the -25°F (-31.6°C) wind chill factors! For this…