Goyaboy and goyablog needed a change and fresh start — call it a mid-life blogging crisis — and so, as I begin working in my new study after having planted my new garden, I have moved and refreshed goyablog. It is still bitter and still good for you, but you’ll have to find it here. [...]

I spent the last four days landscaping around the new addition and ended up planting these:
1) Ligustrum japonicum (Japanese Privet, 5)
2) Ilex crenata ‘Soft Touch’ (Soft Touch Japanese Holly, 3)
3) Pinus mugo pumila (Swiss Mountain Pine, 3)
4) Juniperus conferta (Shore Juniper Blue Pacific, 12)
5) Thymus serpyllum (Mother-of-Thyme, 10)
6) Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary, 2)
7) Golden Carpet (have [...]

My new study, from the inside west and east and before I junked it up with my junk. 

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Call it obsessive–I call it a controlled coincidence–but my new glasses match my new desk chair AND a new wireless mouse…
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I got new specs this week; in another age they would have been bifocals. Today they are superduper Seiko HD digital progressives. Yup, I have HD digital glasses. But all that means is that some digitally controlled computer etched the backside of the lens in order to increase clarity through focal ranges–and to increase price. [...]

This is simply a test of Posterous autoposting to my blog, Flickr, and Facebook. Oh yeah, and it IS a photo of our addition (his 'n her studies) in the back of our house. I'll post more that with fresh photos later.
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I’ve recently taken up casual play of Call of Duty (the original version that was recently ported for download to Mac Intel machines) and it occurred to me whether or not such WWII games, especially first-person shooters targeting virtual Germans, are sold and played in Germany. The thought was actually more specific: what would it [...]

I came across this video and just had to share it. To me, it is a revelation, life-changing, paradigm-shifting, and — as our host says — mind-blowing:
I want to go buy a bunch of bananas now to try this.