IdyllopusPress Presents

Category: Everyday Stories

  • Out of the mouths of ten year old boys

    H.o.p. watching a show on myth and meaning and it mentions the pain of childbirth. “How can childbirth be painful?” H.o.p. objects. “It’s a joyous time!” I laugh and I laugh and I laugh.

  • At 12:30 am, there was this BOOM…

    So last night at around 12:30 am there was this huge but kind of muffled boom that sounded like either a thundercloud had exploded or a building a block away had fallen down. Beat. “What was that?” I said. “What was that?” H.o.p. said. “I heard it too,” Marty said. We’re sounding like the momma…

  • My brain screamed "NOO, I'M MUSH, DON'T DO THIS TO ME!" all the while

    Waited all day yesterday for a UPS shipment for Marty but then he realized it was coming in today instead so here I wait for UPS to knock at the window. I started using the Flash Media Player via Dreamhost for displaying QT to FLV video on the blogs because Youtube can be pretty funky,…

  • Tullie Smith Farm Log Cabin

    Tullie Smith Farm Log Cabin

    Tullie Smith Farm Log Cabin Atlanta History Center, 2008 View On White Atlanta History Center, Tullie Smith Farm Area View On White Little log cabins and farm houses don’t exactly thrill me. Before H.o.p. was born, these are not scenes I would generally elect to go seek out, but if they were THERE right before…

  • Some Book Buying Out of the Way

    Anybody got a Harold Jacob’s “Mathematics, A Human Endeavor” book they want to sell me for cheap? Never mind. I found a second edition copy that I purchased for $26. I should not have. H.o.p. will hate it. But we’ll have it none-the-less. I’m on a math list that is starting a study using the…

  • A little earlier…

    A little earlier I was reading Touching the River which is all about electrified art. H.o.p. was drawing elsewhere. Then I was done and reading something else and H.o.p. gets up from the table and starts dancing around telling me about a new character he’s just come up with. THE ELECTRIC KNIGHT! He’s all electric.…

  • Speed You On Your Way Ikea Clock

    This is our Speed You On Your Way Ikea Clock. Wind it up and within 24 hours it’s racing 15 to 20 minutes ahead. Then, since it’s a wind-up clock, it stops and time stands still. Very confusing.

  • Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, Rage Rage Against the Melting In The Light

    Or something like that. I’m referring to the Snowman Sentinel, of course.

  • This Morning…

    Me, I’m just waiting for the water for my coffee to heat up. Waiting for Marty to get home from the laundry. Waiting for H.o.p. to get going (he drug a pile of books to bed with him and read late into the night). In the meanwhile I clean the bathroom which is never in…

  • A Second Snowfall, a Second Snowman!

    A Second Snowfall, a Second Snowman!

    H.o.p. battles the Sentinel Snowman Knight, 2008 View On White Unprecedented! A second snowfall in one week here! Seriously, this is quite something for Atlanta. This snowfall didn’t have quite as large snowflakes as the first and wasn’t hurtling with as much vigor from the sky, but enough had gathered in a couple of hours…

  • The Neighborhood Gets Way Too Eventful (And Snow)

    I woke up Tuesday morning set to spend the day devoted to working on Sue’s photos but checking my email I discovered that I was part of Dreamhost’s $7,500,000 f*** u* in which they accidentally way overcharged all their customers. Only I didn’t know this was a major all-encompassing script snafu yet. All I knew…

  • H.o.p. and the Sphinx, 2007 Dec, MMoA

    H.o.p. and the Sphinx, 2007 Dec, MMoA

    H.o.p. and the Sphinx, 2007 Dec, MMoA View On White Another version, before I photoshopped out a woman. But I rather like this one as well. View On White