Comments | 6_bleen_7: Ich would have bin ein Berliner

6_bleen_7

Ich would have bin ein Berliner

Apr 21, 2010 23:21

We’ve been nervously eyeing the air-travel situation in Europe the last couple of weeks. Last night, after an extended discussion, we decided to cancel our vacation to Germany and Switzerland, despite reports that the Eyjafjallajökull eruption. We were to leave for Berlin on Friday ( Read more... )

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jerseydevil77 April 22 2010, 04:38:03 UTC

bummer about the vacation. are you going to go somewhere else instead?

6_bleen_7 April 22 2010, 16:34:28 UTC

Yes, but we're not sure where yet; the toughest part will be finding another week we're all free.

BTW, I really like that icon. It must have been a remarkably clear sunset to get such long shadows that are still nice and clear.

jerseydevil77 April 22 2010, 20:54:04 UTC

we were on the jersey shore :)

why not just spend this week up in Frankenmuth? German fried chicken doesn't cut it?

6_bleen_7 April 23 2010, 02:51:18 UTC

Cool!

Heh-heh-unfortunately, since I'm no longer going to be out of the country I have to help coordinate a scientific advisory committee meeting on Monday for the larges project I'm working on. I only got away from it originally because nobody remembered to ask me when I'd be available before the date was set.

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6_bleen_7 April 23 2010, 02:55:39 UTC

The amazing thing is that Eyjafjallajökull (which, technically, is the name of the glacier and not of the volcano) is a pipsqueak compared to the major volcanoes that have erupted in recent decades.

I might get Stephanie-ちゃん to lobby for that, and I think it'd be fun to see the church where he was Cantor, but I don't think I'd get enough interest in the whole group to devote half a day to that.

chillyrodent April 25 2010, 23:13:35 UTC

Severe bummer. Double-bummer that you get to do more work instead.

I would have thought Spock would be the god of volcanoes ...

6_bleen_7 April 26 2010, 03:32:04 UTC

Yeah, sigh; luckily I'd also planned a quick trip to Seattle, which is still on.

Technically speaking, I think Spock is merely the patron saint of volcanoes; Pele would give him a pāhoehoe enema if he tried to muscle in on the god biz. He is, however, the god of awesome cheesy music videos from the 60s:

6_bleen_7 April 26 2010, 03:33:45 UTC

For historical completeness, here's the uncut version: