Central Texas has been experiencing some odd (though not truly strange) winter weather for the last month or so. Just as it was warm enough to strip layers for hiking a few days ago (this isn't Phoenix, people), a cold front hit that threatened to bring snow to Austin. The chemicals were spread on the … Continue reading Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground →

Sunday morning, Razorbackgirl hosted a bunch of us to a bit of Canuck culture by having an early-morning Event at Central Texas's first Tim Hortons. I have sampled their fare before, specifically in Abbotsford a few years ago. I'm not super impressed, but it's all right for what it is. There were a lot of … Continue reading The Barking Dogs →

At the end of last year (and by that, I mean last week), I received a message from a visitor to the site asking, "Why is it all white people on this website. Y'all don't represent.... Why is the only black guy doing all the work?" I think it's a bit of an uninformed question. … Continue reading Representation Vs. Camera Shyness →

The old year is dead! All hail the new year! Or some kind of crap like that. It looks like I'm beginning a tradition. I hadn't intended to, but it seems to be happening. Last year, I threw Events on the final day of 2023 and the first day of 2024. This year, I did … Continue reading As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again →

Soon, this year will be over. As of this writing, I have been caching for 2,391 days and am on Day 2,388 of a streak. This year, I have placed 4 hides, hosted 4 events (with a fifth happening tonight), and found 2,136 caches (including 44 FTFs, 24 new counties, and 1 new state). I also attended … Continue reading This Year Ends →

For those of you who haven't taken a math class in decades, there's this thing called the order of operations. It's the idea that when solving an equation made of multiple terms, you resolve certain things before other things. You do any multiplication or division before addition or subtraction because they are bulk addition (or … Continue reading Order Of Operations →

Traditionally, my daughters do not come to Austin during Thanksgiving because of the peculiarities of their mother's side of the family. Consequently, they come down every Christmas, and we usually end up in some cache-related shenanigans of one kind or another. This year was no different. Unfortunately, because of the schedule of events over their … Continue reading Visitors From Up The Street →

The festival of Saturnalia looms over us once again. In a rare occurrence (twice this century thus far and three times last century), the first night of the Jewish festival happens on the Christian holy day, with the Black celebration following the next day. This means there will be a lot of people lighting candles, … Continue reading Merry Chrismahanukwanzakah! →

Four attempts.Yesterday, it took me four attempts to find a cache.I decided to go down to South Austin to find my daily cache, to a subdivision I hadn't been to for a few years. A lot of building had happened since I had last been in the area, but I was neither surprised nor unaffected. … Continue reading The Discreet Charm Of The Hoi Polloi →

Last night was a gathering. Our host was going to be in the area for something unrelated to geocaching and decided to make an evening out of it. So on a random Thursday in December, make something of it we did. It actually started as a divided affair. One group found seating in one place, … Continue reading Our Gossipy Sewing Circle →