I’m never quite sure what to make of days like today. I did lots of good: I spent time with people I care about, including helping Jana get ready for her trip and taking her to the airport and sushi/grocery-shopping/practice/dinner with the kiddos. I got in a spectacular bouldering session, working hard and conquering new [...]

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No writing today. Spent my lunch break focused on inverted bouldering, and hung out this evening with author, F/friend and fellow spiritual traveler Elissa from Portland. In spite of some of the rotten things happening in the world, witnessing (via twitter and other media) the good hearts of my friends as they reach out to [...]

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The above picture’s actually from yesterday. CatGirl and I are showing off our thrift store finds: she has a shirt for the Wizard band, Harry and the Potters, and I used my Powers of Japanese to get a shirt with the kanji for “Death by Overwork: Take care not to work too hard” (this is [...]

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[Disclaimer: I am an outspoken critic of all forms of genital mutilation (male circumcision, body modification, gender assignment, &c.) unless voluntary, which, in my mind, is predicated upon the mutilatee being an adult at the time of the mutilation.] Female genital mutilation (“FGM”) is one of the most horrendous forms of enforced female submission. It [...]

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Spring 2010 brought two major changes to the Remy family. This post is my attempt to articulate my response to this combined life event. First, Jana started working full-time. She’s commuting, traveling to conferences, and working on her dissertation. The outrigger racing season also starts this week. It’s an exciting time for Jana, and I [...]

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And you know what that means! Here’s the link to our Mind on Fire virtual choir cover of Jonathan Coulton’s First of May from last year. If you give it a listen, be sure to stay tuned to the end, when things get interesting. Also, NSFW!

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All right, folks, name that movie: Dr. Peter Venkmen: “He slimed me.” Dr. Ray Stanz: “That’s great!” Following in the tradition of these famous, world-saving researchers, we1 at Food Nerd Labs(tm) have decided in this first post to explore the use of slime in cuisine with the same enthusiastic dedication. If you don’t want to [...]

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Past collaborative projects here at Mind on Fire have produced some fine creative work, like the results of the 18-hour comic day, and the virtual First of May Choir–you know, the JoCo song that goes, “First of May, First of May, Outdoor fucking starts today” (original call, final song). In the that same spirit of [...]

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Since I mentioned zombies and vampires which made xJane in turn think of ghosts, I thought I’d post this ghostly picture. Inspiration cycle! I’m kind of proud of this, less for the outcome and more for the fact that from first test shot to Photoshopping to uploading, it took me 57 minutes. You can view [...]

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Rainbow Shelf in the New Yorker Online, originally uploaded by mind on fire. Just wanted to make sure that this official connection between our names and CatGirl’s image and the New Yorker was recorded for posterity.

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