The boys are heavily into Lego, just as I was. They’re into building spaceships and cars, just as I was. I was most of 30 years old before I really put Lego down. I can still remember my dad having a little fun with me for asking for, receiving, building, and enjoying the 8824 Hovercraft … Read more
So Lea emailed me this afternoon to ask if I’d seen the spider by the Japanese maple when I was home for lunch. I hadn’t, but her description (and the less-than-optimal look at her photo on my phone) made me think it was probably our old friend Argiope aurantia (aka the yellow and black garden … Read more
The Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools complex, part of the public school system, was just completed on the site of the Ambassador Hotel, where its namesake was killed in 1968. It will house 4,200 K-12 pupils when it opens in Los Angeles next month. It cost $578,000,000. It’s not, you know, real money, though. It’s … Read more