(Backdated post - occurred 9/28 - it's now 10/16 and I never posted this to LJ)

I went out the docks Friday morning with one of our new scientific aides, who's still being checked off; while heading to San Pedro, he mentioned, "Mostly just squid's coming in - we'll probably be back before the Shuttle flyby at 11:00."  He pointed out the Queen Mary ( Read more... )

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As I was finishing the last entry, I suddenly started hearing jet engines. My office is right next to the Los Alamitos National Guard Air Base; a month or two ago we saw Shrub's plane parked over there all afternoon (if you remember I posted a picture about it). This sounded like multiple planes taking off and the noise just kept on going. I ( Read more... )

- on the back of a Southwest Airlines packet of peanuts -
"Produced in a facility that processes peanuts and other nuts."
Hmm, ya think ( Read more... )

Yes, that was Air Force One a couple of entries ago; I got one comment on oc that someone got a 404, but others could, so I don't know what CompuServe is doing. At lunch, M. was showing us her new hybrid Civic, and we noticed a cop in our parking lot near the fence. We thought that was a little strange, but didn't think any more of it. Later, I ( Read more... )