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Showing posts with label just odd. Show all posts
Showing posts with label just odd. Show all posts
Friday, June 5, 2026

Aldi has a Sense of Humor?

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Apparently they do.  Parody mugs featuring variations on their logo are pretty common.  Here's one we picked up at the Hexham Car Boot S...
Monday, May 18, 2026

Vindolanda 2026 - Day Six

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Guess I didn't take any pictures today. Nice weather, steady progress.  But I didn't find anything novel.  Just another spear point ...
Friday, April 24, 2026

Bumper Foam Productions

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Exactly what I do on the robotics team is a fair question, and one I suspect gets asked on occasion.  Sometimes it is just necessary to have...
Friday, April 10, 2026

Mascots and Me

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Because of course there were mascots at the recent robotics tournament.  And I show no signs of growing up...
Friday, March 6, 2026

Baseball....and a lot more, at Athletic Park

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My recent post on the Baseball Riot of 1903 gave me a nudge to finish up a bit of research that had previously only been a vague set of ques...
Friday, February 20, 2026

Nimrods Redux

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It's been a while since we've heard from the Nimrods Giant Ski team.  Last season they  mentored a younger team of Giant Skiers.  An...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Sandland Update - and for some reason a product review of a generator.

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My friend Gabe is a Man for all Seasons.  This is a longish video but does show what has been going on at Sandland, the Playground for the n...
Monday, December 29, 2025

Back Underground - Plus, Redneck Space Program

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It had been a while since I'd made it out to Sandland.  If you've forgotten, this is the mad, marvelous, unique project that friends...
Monday, November 3, 2025

The Lactose Maniac

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So much stuff coming up from the basement of my parent's house.  This is archaeology plain and simple.  You dig through different layers...
Friday, August 8, 2025

"Made in Scotland, from Girders"

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You'd probably had to have traveled to Scotland or the northern reaches of England to get that reference.  It is one of the many slogans...
Thursday, May 29, 2025

England 2025 - The Usual Odd People

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Offered with minimal commentary. Now, you might be wondering why there is no "Album Cover" photo this year.  It is after all a lon...
Friday, May 23, 2025

Northumberlandia - Now that's a Big Girl

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No doubt you've heard the expression "Coals to Newcastle".  They used to mine a great deal of coal in the area back in the day...
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

A One star review, and a Shot across the Bow.

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Ah, Facebook.  There was a time when it was the unquestioned global information exchange.  Also of cat videos which I'm fine with.  I ha...
Monday, December 9, 2024

Back Underground

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It has been a while since I took the short drive over to work at "Sand Land", the a stonishingly eccentric project some friends of...
Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Evil Fungus

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When you are a dog owner you keep an eye on where you are stepping.  So when I spotted this on the ground I was naturally puzzled and a litt...
Monday, July 22, 2024

Exploding Whale Day

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   At this point the majority of you are saying "What the heck?", while a few oddball savants are saying "A bit early, isn...
Monday, June 10, 2024

Because no opportunity for a silly picture should go to waste......

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Because my photographer friend Pete and I only overlapped for a week plus a day on either end, the number of odd photos of each other is red...