Quiet Saturday after a… rough week of sleeping right here.

Elsa made pizza.

When @westminsterfox makes pizza.

Yasssssss Baltimore @tireshop.popups

Will look sad for treats

Now that’s what a steak should look like.

I’ve been using TripIt for almost exactly 5 years. This is what my travel has looked like since July 2014. I’m not even sure this is everything (I have done some long driving trips, for example).

And this is a look at just the flights since July 2014.

Quite the view from yesterday evening’s ride home.

Engineering might have been more interesting if the building looked like this (gasp) 14 years ago.

Ah, that classic Providence dying mall, Statehouse, and gambling software view.

Mostly not pictured: that crab pasta course went fast.

When you say, “Ooof, alright” three times in 5 mins it’s probably time to step away from the keyboard.

Also, new key cap day.

Today I got shaved because I can’t walk in the heat. From curlies to Dobby, and now I snore on my papa.

Colors of summer. Not pictured: many tacos and tortas were had.

I think there’s a storm coming.

The Guggenheim in Bilbao did not require a $50M parking garage like we would have built in the US. In fact, there was no visible infrastructure for visitors arriving by passenger car.

I was fortunate to live and work here at the start of my adult life.

Vertigo Comics is no longer. Long the “adult” imprint of DC, Vertigo was a great place for lovers of comics and graphic novels that took on deep issues with often dark or horror content.

I’m not the best person to write about what Vertigo meant, but I thought I’d share three things Vertigo printed that I have loved.

The Sandman

Of course I love Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman. Linked is volume one of The Absolute Sandman, which I think is the best way to read this comic. You can’t be a fan of dark fantasy and not devour this complex mythology. You can’t be a fan of comic book art and not drown in every page. Follow the tales of the Seven Endless: Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Desire, Despair, and Delirium. ¹

American Vampire

A violent traipse through iconic American settings, American Vampire shows two creators, Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque at their best. ²

Y: The Last Man

Brian K. Vaughan is one of my favorite authors, and these days may be as well known from Saga as Y: The Last Man. What if there was a virus unleashed into the world that killed all males, including animals, except one man and his male monkey companion? Y: The Last Man is a great post-apocalyptic tale and a perennial recommendation from comic readers to someone who as never clicked with the genre.

City living can definitely come with a good view.

This is going to be a lot of dinner.

A few more from San Sebastián.