This is a rant post. I “read” the cnn.com article today about the Alaska “Volcano” that might go “kablooie” soon. The second sentence “annoyed” the crap out of me. Why? Here’s the “quote”: The Alaska Volcano Observatory said in a statement Friday “volcanic tremor” has increased in “amplitude.” Why, oh why, do we have to …
Monthly Archives: January 2009
A Story in Spirit
I get the JPL news alerts. They frequently have to do with the Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity. Today they reported that Spirit is having some difficulties. The full text is here, but here is a quote: On Monday, Spirit’s controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., chose to command the rover on …
Well Begun, Half Done
Something must have happened today while I was at work because this is the view outside my window. As I mentioned on twitter, it rained hard today, so I’m surprised they found time to do any work at all. At least they managed to get the rest of the shingles off and do half of …
"That's not a pool…"
“This! is a pool.”
Remembering Challenger
Today is the 22nd anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger’s last launch. I was in sixth grade english class when I heard about it. You? My family watched the first 13 shuttle launchings from our house in Satellite Beach, Florida. We had moved to New Hampshire 7 months before the disaster. I know several people …
Randall Munroe vs. Bill Watterson
I think Randall Munroe has been reading Calvin and Hobbes recently. Tell me I’m wrong (although the second one is explicit).
Cake!
Tonight, there will be cake.
Roof! Roof!
We’re having our roof redone. The existing roof dates back to the construction of the home (1988) and was only a contractor’s roof to begin. It’s time for it to go. This is a good shot of the existing roof. What I can’t show you, and is another good reason to get the roof replaced, …
Racism in Children's Stories
I recently finished recording a story for LibriVox. I rather randomly selected a project to work and had the moderator assign me something to read. I ended up with “The Enchanted Canary” from the Red Fairy Book. I recently picked up a copy of The Red Fairy Book while we were in New Orleans. I’ve …
Ironman Training
My Ironman training is proceeding apace. I’ve been doing strength and some base training since December. I’m about 4 weeks away from switching to a maintenance cycle on the strength workouts and ramping up more sport-specific training. The concentration at that point will be bike workouts and secondarily swimming. Honestly, I plan to take the …