So, this year I volunteered to be a timekeeper for the DOE-sponsored regional science bowl. Hundreds of kids, their parents and handlers descended on SLAC for a day filled with biology, astronomy, physics, chemistry, general science, math, pizza, heartache and triumph. It was pretty fun. And very impressive.

This week, anami and I visited Planet Granite Belmont for an introductory tour. We were impressed. Besides the climbing facility (more on that in a minute), they have a decent personal fitness area, including treadmills, elliptical machines, and a treadwall. They've got a studio for yoga, and classes more often than not. The bathrooms have saunas in ( Read more... )

Today Anami and I decided that we'd give Alliance Kennels in Redwood City a shot, and so were finally able to get our plane tickets for the Christmas season.

We'll be arriving late on the 25th and returning mid-day on the 1st. We're hoping to party at circa1976's pad Saturday night the 27th.

Woot!

holy cow. I think it's been way too long since the last post. I'm not going to tell my stories right now. It's not because I haven't got any. I've got stories about driving huge trucks, about mutant chickens, about doing business in Spanglish, about the dogs and the weather and trying to find a decent cup of tea ( Read more... )

beatonna has done it again. Yet another historical figure comic that makes me giggle with glee: Jane Austen writes pr0n.

Sat 28 Jun: 08:00-13:00
Sun 29 Jun: 08:00-14:00

415 E. Hillside Dr.

Come buy our stuff!
Stuff that hasn't sold by Sunday afternoon will most likely be Freecycled.

Here are our pictures from the Calloways' wedding on flickr.

Boy, that was neat.

So after entertaining three different offers for more than a week, I decided to accept a position as a "Scientist" with Cataphora, Inc., in Redwood City, CA. My start date has yet to be determined; I need to get my house sold ( Read more... )

ok. This has got to be one of the best ideas I've seen anyone come up with in a while.

Do you take pictures? Do you like to have fun?

Well, then, please go look at this post in which Katie Beaton decides that she wants photographs reproducing the last panel of her (in)famous Tesla comic ( Read more... )

Lackadaisy. You had me at "St. Louis".