Sunday, July 06, 2008

6 July 2008

We saw WALL•E today. Great movie!

Saturday, July 05, 2008

4 July 2008

Thomas and Sharon saw the Independence Day fireworks in Catsonville, MD. Here's a small portion, which Thomas shot on his Palm Treo 680.

3 July 2008

Here's our faithful 27-year-old microwave oven sitting in the back yard.

2 July 2008

Don had an appointment with the cardiologist today in this building.
He also had a drop-in chest X-Ray. Tomorrow he's coming back here to
see the opthamologist. The neurosurgeon's building is over Don's left
shoulder as he took this picture. He's getting to know this area
pretty well.

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

1 July 2008

Our 27-year-old microwave oven gave up the ghost today, so we bought a
replacement (the white thing). Above it is our 27-year-old toaster
oven, which still works fine. Knock plastic.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

24 June 2008

Don got his pupils dilated today. The world was all fuzzy for a while,
but it got better.

23 June 2008


This was what welcomed Thomas home from Pittsburgh.



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22 June 2008

Meanwhile, back at home, the GCFCG met at Don's library.

21 June 2008


We're up from Bawlmore to visit the Three Rivers Arts Festival, Hon.


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20 June 2008



The Vietnam memorial in downtown Pittsburgh: outside (top) and inside (bottom).



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19 June 2008

Thomas was in Pittsburgh this weekend. Here's a mirrored stegosaurus from downtown.


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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

18 June 2008

Thomas in his Xix Crandor costume at the library's Summer Reading
Club Kickoff today.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

17 June 2008

With all the California gay weddings in the news, here's Thomas and
Don at their wedding at the Toronto Worldcon, 29 August 2003.

16 June 2008

Portrait of the blogger as a 50-year-old.

Monday, June 16, 2008

Sunday, June 15, 2008

14 June 2008

Cover of the German edition of Don's book ACT WELL YOUR PART. A fan
in Switzerland did the translation and arranged the privately-printed
edition.

Friday, June 13, 2008

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

11 June 2008

Thomas in front of the Essex house he used to live in. We were in the
neighborhood today.

10 June 2008

Don had a consult with a neurosurgeon today, in this building

Monday, June 09, 2008

9 June 2008

The Results From Don's Foot MRI:

This (A) little piggy has a fracture,
This (B) little piggy has none,
This (C) little piggy's got a neuroma,
This (D) little piggy's just fine,
...And this (E) amputated piggy's got edema and some bone marrow
thing and let's just not go there right now, okay?

All the way home.

Sunday, June 08, 2008

7 June 2008

The Imaginative Cinema Society had a viewing of the new Indiana Jones
movie in the private balcony at the Senator Theater.

Saturday, June 07, 2008

5 June 2008

Two of many MRI images of Don's foot.

3 June 2008

Saint Agnes Hospital, where Don was a patient last year. He went there
today for a bone scan.

Sunday, June 01, 2008

31 May 2008

Thomas in the crowd admiring Max the Crystal Skull at the Senator.
Guess which movie we saw?

Monday, May 26, 2008

26 May 2008

Thomas and Deborah outside the Nautilus Diner.

25 May 2008

Costumers and friends at dinner during Balticon.

24 May 2008

Thomas's entry in the Balticon masquerade, in celebration of the 75th
anniversary of King Kong.

23 May 2008

Thomas at Balticon registration.

22 May 2008

Here's the medical building where Don spent the morning getting a
cardiac stress test.

Sunday, May 18, 2008

18 May 2008

Members of the Greater Columbia Fantasy Costumers Guild after today's
meeting.

Friday, May 16, 2008

16 May 2008

Guess what movie we saw today? It was good, possibly better than the
first one.

15 May 2008

Thomas replaced the faucet in our kitchen; here's the new one.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008


Another group of third-graders from Park Elementary (the third school group to visit the library this week). Don is exhausted....


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Tuesday, May 13, 2008


Third-graders from Park Elementary School on a visit to the library.


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Monday, May 12, 2008

12 May 2008

Today Don had nerve conduction tests in Columbia. Here's Thomas
outside the doctor's office.

11 May 2008

This robot is part of a school art display at our West County library.

8 May 2008



Kids at the library's Make a Treat for Mother program.



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Thursday, May 08, 2008

7 May 2008

Don went to a meeting today about the upcoming Summer Reading Club.

Friday, May 02, 2008

2 May 2008

Today we saw "Iron Man" at Baltimore's historic Senator Theatre.
Here's Thomas in the lobby with a display for their next feature.