http://www.blog.infinitatis.com Almost Live From the Land of the Frozen Sun Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:43:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I finally got some old pics off my memory card. These are from my trip back home. I try to fly Southwest when I can these days, so I flew in to Jackson. Vicksburg is right on the way home, and what, I hear you ask, is in Vicksburg? ... http://www.blog.infinitatis.com/2009/01/04/blast-from-the-past/ So yeah, Christmas was good. Lotsa good food, prepared by the mother figure. Very good food. And I was able to add to my collection of kitchen gadgets! (pictures there later) I've been spending quite a bit more time in the kitchen lately. It started with the Kitchenaid stand mixer ... http://www.blog.infinitatis.com/2009/01/03/foods/ So it's been a while. Working on a post, but in the meantime here's a picture of a dachshund snout to keep you amused. [gallery] http://www.blog.infinitatis.com/2008/12/27/hisashiburi/ I stayed up last night until the speech in Grant Park. Waking up this morning I almost still couldn't believe it. But it's a landslide. And not a lesson we can afford to forget over the next four years. Anyway, the speech. It was classic Obama. And something that I ... http://www.blog.infinitatis.com/2008/11/05/change/ After San Diego we were animaled out so we headed to LA. We pretty much just took it easy here. Did the Disneyland thing, went to Little Tokyo, Hollywood, places like that. The only celebrity I saw was George Takei, but, sadly, I wasn't able to get a pic. [gallery columns="4"] http://www.blog.infinitatis.com/2008/10/03/la-confidential/ Are we seeing a pattern here yet? The park, much like the zoo, was pleasantly deserted. We ended up taking one of the optional longer tours and we were the only ones on it. Talk about service! Not sure what it is with places like this, but here, too, there was ... http://www.blog.infinitatis.com/2008/10/02/wild-animal-park/ The zoo was very, very nice. And very, very large. They had a ton of animals there that I had never actually seen in person, which was rather nice. I now need a colony of meerkats. Afterwards we headed to the Museum of Man, but, sadly, it was already closed. ... http://www.blog.infinitatis.com/2008/09/20/san-diego-zoo-i-love-meerkats/