by Kevin Thom | Dec 19, 2005 | Personal
I was watching 60 Minutes the other night, and they had a feature about people trying to leave New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina for an adjacent suburb. The police from that city had blocked the bridge between the two cities, preventing the exodus, and...
by Kevin Thom | Dec 16, 2005 | Personal, Photography
Well, I did it. I put my beloved Baby D on sale at Ebay. It has to go though. I need the money to help pay for Pappa D, and I doubt I’d use it now, even as a backup. I’m hoping someone will make a really nice Christmas gift of it. I got a sign up package...
by Kevin Thom | Dec 1, 2005 | Personal
Ok so there’s a game of packing one-upsmanship going on in the comments of my last entry. Beat this: This one time, I went to visit Jupiter and its moons, Io and Ganymede. I wore nothing but a pair of Speedos. I packed only what I could fit between the bristles...
by Kevin Thom | Nov 29, 2005 | Personal
I spent part of the afternoon at car dealerships. I really hate shopping for cars, but I thought I should educate myself a bit on my options since my four-year lease on the Subaru Impreza Outback Sport is up in April, and I’m getting close to the 80,000km limit...
by Kevin Thom | Nov 28, 2005 | General, Personal
I decided to try a new recipe tonight. It’s a pretty basic recipe in Thailand–basil chicken–but I have never tried to make it before. I’m so glad I made the attempt. I think this is one of my new favorites. And now that I’ve been growing...
by Kevin Thom | Nov 28, 2005 | General, Personal, Photography
My camera finally arrived in California. I’m so relieved. I thought I was going to have to enter into a long and expensive battle with insurance and UPS and Adorama. Thankfully all of that is averted at the nick of time. It must have been the work of Jack Bauer...
