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Family, Music
Treasure
08.31.10 | Permalink | Comment?

I was in San Francisco again earlier this month, on a visit with my father. It’s easy to become attached to the city, even if you weren’t born there. Here is a picture I took from Treasure Island: And just to the left of that: Earlier that morning we went to visit the Mission Dolores […]
Cats, Family
Adieu
07.31.10 | Permalink | Comment?

This week we lost an important and lovable member of our family, our Medea. Happy hunting, Doodle.
Art, Family, Self-referential
Self-referential
07.24.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Earlier this month I visited San Francisco with my father for a couple of days. Among other things we visited the De Young museum. There I was struck by this photograph, and on inspection, recognized the name of the artist, Imogen Cunningham. Not because I have any especial knowledge of 20th century female American photographers, but […]
Family
Schlepidemic
06.17.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Mrs The Fyd seems to be coming down with a cold. Is it the swine flu? She did cook a pork dish for dinner last night, and last week she made tacos.
Family
Shameless plug
02.02.09 | Permalink | Comment?

So Mrs The Fyd has a pet-sitting business called City of Noses. Why mention this? Well, in these uncertain economic times one must employ novel financial tactics, and I think charging my wife rent would be just the tactic required to ensure the mortgage gets paid. I plan on raising the rent unpredictably and mercilessly, […]
Family
The Big Three Killed My Baby
12.06.08 | Permalink | Comment?

I have just finished putting up our Christmas lights. All two of them:
Family
Guess what?
12.02.08 | Permalink | Comment?

I have a Siamese Fighting fish (betta splendens) named Jesús. He was purchased last December to replace Frankie II, who replaced Phrankie Fish. Both those prior fish lived with us less than a year. Here’s hoping Jesús lives into a second year chez nous, though he’s looking a bit sluggish these days so I’m taking […]
Family
Encomium
06.09.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Mrs The Fyd’s anniversary gift to me was to present me in glowing terms to the internets. In return, I promise to raise Mrs’ allowance. I will point out that I only speak French to the dogs because they are Canadian.
Family
Horse and Carriage
03.26.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

Off the top of my head I can’t recall if I ever saw any of Richard Widmark’s films, and don’t feel like checking at IMDB. However, anyone like this deserves applause: In reality, the screen’s most vicious psychopath was a mild-mannered former teacher who had married his college sweetheart, the actress Jean Hazelwood, and who told […]