.: Above The Aether :.

It’s chilly in Houston today. Actually chilly. No, really…look at the weather on the right side of the site. Feels great. -Dave

Justine here. Been awhile. Since I completely dissed P-town last year, I feel the need to make reparation to my loyal readers who may have held a divergent opinion. I hate Portland no longer now that I’m able to accept it for what it is, rather than seeing it as a safe haven away from [...]

From the google blog: Soon we plan to begin installation of 1.6 megawatts of solar photovoltaic panels at our Mountain View campus. This project will be the largest solar installation on any corporate campus in the U.S., and we think it’s one of the largest on any corporate site in the world. The panels will [...]

The photo above is not a river. It’s an exit ramp off I-45 in Houston. So it’s a little wet here in the Bayou City today. It’s been raining pretty hard for a couple days and has caused some pretty bad flooding near the city. We left work a little early today to beat the [...]

Here are some photos of John, Robbin, Justine and I at Cannon Beach. -Dave

After the introduction to the festival from founder, Andrew Migliore and a brief chat with author, Ramsey Campbell, Robert Price gave the Lovecraftian blessing while wearing a yellow mitre adorned with strange symbols while he sported an ear-to-ear, fully-bearded grin. We all opted to catch both block one and block two of the short films.  [...]

It will be 92F in Houston tomorrow (and that’s not including the heat index, so we’re probably talking around 95-96).  When we land in Portland tomorrow at around 11AM it will be around 71F. This is a 20F degree gift from God I will be receiving tomorrow. You have no idea how happy this makes [...]

The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival website has been updated with some additional information on the features, timeslots, events and shorts for the weekend of insanity. The schedule can be found here. Two weeks to go. -Dave

It’s funny. As soon as I cross the bridge from mainland Texas to Galveston Island I start to immediately relax. The people here have two pairs of flip-flops…one casual and one formal. I like it here. The picture above is from our hotel window. – Dave

Justine and I ate at Gaidos tonight. Best seafood on the island…plus they have a giant crab on the roof. Pretty cool, eh? Justine had shrimp and scallops and I had blackened red snapper. (We had a little booze too. They make a good martini here too.) – Dave