Said bienvenidos & adios. Yelapa.
brucine (broo'-seen), 1) n. Pharm., Chem. a bitter, poisonous alkaloid, C23H26N2O4, obtained from the nux vomica tree; 2) n. Bruce Bortin's 'low-impact' weblog
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Mexico June 24th
In the rooftop pool, fireworks in the Bay, waterjet on my backside. Trifecta. We had dinner at Senor Burros. I can't seem to attach the photos to this post. Too bad. Nope my mistake. There it is on a separate screen. Please enjoy these photographs. Uniball pens are very leaky on airplanes. Our room is ridiculous and swell. We're both pretty happy.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Sunday, June 01, 2014
Bacillus Series
Marker
Watercolor, black uniball, silver gel pen, pencil
Here’s the cartoon of the above painting:
Black Uniball, watercolor, white china marker, blue pencil
Labels:
daily drawing,
Kraft Paper Book,
nature,
watercolor
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Count Zero
Things that I count:
- Count 6 while filling up kettle for coffee.
- Count 9 while filling work glass from water cooler. I do this with my back turned. Nope, don't need to look, I've never overflowed. This is my version of macho posturing.
- Shake off hands 12 times before drying them.
- Count 13 while re-setting modem.
- Count how many times I have to push the button before the garage door opens (usually 2).
- Same for the number of times I have to press "6" to get an outside phone line at the clinic.
- How many tries does it take before clothes dryer will accept my coins? Used to be 3, then it was a large indeterminate number, then I WD-40'd the mechanism, and now it's 1. I always wondered, what in the mechanism was counting to 3? I mean, 1 is simple, push it in and the coins drop. 2 is trivial -- first attempt aligns coins, then on the second, in they go. But 3? How did that work?
Things that I don't count:
- I have no idea how many times I have to pump to get my tires up to 80psi.
- Calories, points or carbs.
- I try to remember to count my blessings, but sometimes I forget.
Monday, May 05, 2014
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