Sharon and I went to the Atlanta Hobby Robot Club Robot Rally yesterday, at the Pinckneyville Community Center in Norcross. It was a series of different contests that robots are entered into, from line following, where the robot has to navigate a course by following a line, to robo-sumo and many others. We saw the …
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Open Letter to Comfort Inn Ballston
To whom it may concern: On October 28, 2011, I and my party arrived at the Comfort Inn Ballston in Arlington, VA, in anticipation of a fun weekend attending the Marine Corps Marathon. As you’re probably aware, this is an event that is planned more than a year in advance by the attendees in order …
Marine Corps Marathon: Spectator’s Guide
On the weekend of October 30, we traveled to Washington, D.C. for the Marine Corps Marathon. Aside from the fun times and fast runs and general weekend glee, I came away from this race with the thought that it’s not really a good one for novice marathon watchers. At first blush, it would seem that …
A Voting Person’s Opinion on Greece
When I heard that news yesterday that Greek President George Papandreou had announced that there would be a nationwide referendum on the austerity measures required by the European bailout plan I was instantly pissed off at him. What right does the Greek government have to sink the European economy? Then I got to thinking a …
Success!
We had a great time at the Marine Corps Marathon. Lots of fun was had, including having icy sleety snow coating our bodies on Saturday (when it wasn’t raining), however race day was good weather. It started a bit chilly buy warmed up. Alas, I’ll be posting yet another “Open Letter to [insert agency here]” …