Can I Borrow Your Bobcat Teeth

Turns out you can borrow stuff from the Natural History Museum in LA as long as you're a member of the museum. This is kind of awesome. I'll take a stuffed lynx or raccoon (only if it's in the process of climbing up a branch), a bunch of mounted bugs and some very old piece of gold panning equipment, please.

For Seminar Today

In discussion with various people and in no particular order, the top 5 American contributions to the world:

1) Moby Dick, by Herman Melville

2) Hamburgers

3) Disney

4) Jazz

5) Westerns

Discuss.

Guest Photographer

Remember being three?  Me neither.  Here's what it looks like, though:

Cousin Steve

Auntie Valerie

Some people you are related to, hopefully getting you some hotdogs.

Cousin Robyn and the back end of Uncle Kim

Dad