Max Pictures’ Blather

…and fixed chair.
At UC Berkeley’s Freedom of Speech Movement Café the tables and chairs on the outdoor deck are firmly bolted down. This ensures that the concrete tables won’t topple over and the wooden seating won’t be stolen, but it also imposes a strict order on the students who congregate there—no more than two or [...]

…on a plate at Olive Garden on Mother’s Day.
For mom’s day this year, Miss T and I took my folks out for lunch. Mom’s choice? Olive Garden.
From what I understand, on weekends, Olive Garden is a zoo—on Mother’s Day, it’s a zoo-and-a-half. But, any restaurant, nationwide-Italian-casual dining-chain or otherwise, is a Mother’s Day destination, so [...]

…in the copier room.
It may not look like much, but you’d be amazed at the variety of food you can prepare with just a microwave oven and a toaster. And, oh yeah, a paper cutter (off camera, to the right of the toaster). And, some binder clips.

…is what one of the Capitol Corridor regulars calls this. In actuality it’s a Union Pacific facility. Though, I suppose it could also be the Martinez Sheraton.

Our sometimes-cameraman, always-beer-drinker friend Kamen Rider invited Miss T and I to a beer tasting at his place over the weekend; how can you say no to something like that? That’s right, you can’t.
KR gave all the guests scorecards so that we could record our impressions (in a variety of categories) of each beer—I performed [...]

…at bricks.
You know, I always feel a little weird around brick buildings in California. Even if they’re all reinforced on the inside, all of these bricks are gonna come crashing down on your head when there’s an earthquake.

With Bernard and Jin pulling seafood out of the tropical waters surrounding the island, another thing our Lost survivors could use is some good sake. Actually, with all the show’s topsy-turvy timeline and plot zaniness we could all probably use some good sake.

Someone who did get some good sake recently was our good friend Kamen [...]