(Recreation and fitness)
Blue belt done
Green belt
Brown belt
Climb an Adirondack high peak
Complete my electronics project (the WSG)
(Work)
Rewrite polarimeter software progress
Complete next experiment (HAPPEX-III)
(Home)
Organize shed
Repair house exterior
(Financial)
Reduce debt y y – – – – – – – – – – (y(n) means we did (did not) meet my specific debt reduction goal in [...]
Have I ever gotten around to mentioning the awesomeness of this and this?
I’ve been sick with a cold since Saturday — getting better, but by the end of tonight I’d lost most of my voice and evidently a great deal of my brain. I got through the kicks, katas, and holds and grabs, and then my brain said, “OK, I’m done. Feet, you’re in charge.” Fortunately my [...]
Back during my science fiction formative years, the series that perhaps most enthralled me was Larry Niven’s “Known Space”. Something of a guilty pleasure: I’m well aware of Niven’s weaknesses as a writer and the holes in the Known Space scenario… but I’ve never stopped enjoying it.
It was a thrill when the first sequel to [...]
On the Weather Service forecast page for our area there’s a “Current Conditions” section that includes a terse description of the weather at present. For instance, right now it says “Partly Cloudy”. Or for another instance, at one point yesterday it said “Light Rain Snow Fog/Mist and Windy”.
Okay, so sometimes the weather’s not so terse.
The older I get, the less well behaved my hair gets. I think what’s happening is the hair that’s managed not to fall out is jumping up and down, waving, and yelling “I’M STILL HERE! LOOK AT ME!! STILL HERE!!!” Either that or the ear hair is fomenting rebellion.
I could go for the Einstein look, [...]
This has been a long time in the making: A new Interröbang Cartel song, “All Roads Lead Away From Rome”, for the album Rules for Dysfunctional Patterns.
I started on this nearly two years ago, released a preliminary version in mid 2007, and released an improved-but-still-not-satisfactory version in August 2008. Major Zed was going to work [...]
(Recreation and fitness)
Blue belt progress
Green belt
Brown belt
Climb an Adirondack high peak
Complete my electronics project (the WSG)
(Work)
Rewrite polarimeter software
Complete next experiment (HAPPEX-III)
(Home)
Organize shed
Repair house exterior
(Financial)
Reduce debt y – – – – – – – – – – - (y(n) means we did (did not) meet my specific debt reduction goal in the [...]
