My bosses’ youngest son just qualified to represent the US in the Olympics in Beijing next summer by winning the Men’s Modern Pentathlon at the Pan American games. We didn’t get much work done today because we kept hitting refresh on the PanAm site. He had a decent shoot, an okay fence, and won the…
I don’t know if I like New York or not. I spent some effort trying to decide, but it doesn’t matter. While Jonah’s working on the narratives, I thought I would observate a bit. As we drove away from the Denver airport, I noticed a light happy feeling that took a moment to place. I…
I got a summons for jury duty a couple weeks back. I was excited. Then Berck said, “It’s not during our trip to New York, is it?” We’re leaving Tuesday night and coming back on Monday next week. Sure enough, my date was for today. If I got selected for a trial, it would probably…
I removed the air conditioning from my car yesterday. Today, I made a simple air/water heat exchanger out of the condenser…1 It’s reasonably efficient, but it doesn’t exactly make the room cool. The water coming out of the tap is 52F. Depending on the amount of water I pump through this thing, I can get…
On my way home for work the other day with my top down, a lady in a car with California plates tried to get my attention. I turned down the Field Mice and she asked, “Where’s the nearest Starbucks?” “I have no idea.” “What??? You don’t drink coffee??????” “Uh, I do, just not Starbucks.” She…