The Blork Blog

Here’s the shopping list on the chalkboard in our kitchen:

White wine
White vinegar
White wine vinegar

I’m not sure why, but that just cracks me up.

Think your job is tough? Check this out.
In 1993 I toured the facilities at the Chateau Pommery winery in Reims, France. I arranged for a private tour because I was taking photos for a travel guide. (Yeah, yeah, tough job, but that’s not what I’m talking about.)
Pommery makes Champagne — the real stuff. As part [...]

At this site you get to choose your life. Unfortunately, the options are all very David Cronenbergesque…
Here’s the best I could do:

The STM transit pass (left) is dull and boring, and it costs $61.
Hip suburbanites like myself, however, can buy the highly blinged "TRAM 3" version (right), which gives access to both the STM and to zone three of the RTL (Réseau de Transport de Longueuil) transit system.
It’s got shiny stuff on it. But [...]

A design school in New Zealand recently asked me for reproduction rights to use this image as a backdrop to some kind of 3D animation thing. I agreed, and quoted them a reasonable price, which they agreed to.
Unfortunately, there is only one existing print of that image, and it is small (printed on 8×10 paper [...]

What is that, some kind of alien?

Actually, it’s the dainty little foot of a small sparrow that I found dead on the back deck. Those deadly-looking claws were used to hold the little guy up when he alighted onto branches, wires, and other things that required a pointy grip.
I don’t know if The Mini killed [...]

Nothing ever changes…