Badger ho
Done with the Badger packing. For some reason, the sense of dread that has been hovering over catering has lifted, and I feel enthusiastic about working on the kits and figuring things out. The result is a beautiful packing system that is completely logical and wastes no space.
Today, grocery shopping. There will be a little of that tomorrow as well as we head down to Modesto. I'll be traveling with Chris Ursich, who some of you have met. Tomorrow night we'll be at Ted's new place, and Wednesday morning we head for the hills.
Wednesday dinner is breaded pork chops with wild mushroom gravy, a surprisingly easy dish that bikers go crazy for. Be there or starve!
John headed off today for Finland, where he is attending a conference. After chaining himself to the computer for three years plowing through old research, it turns out he has identified a new type of plasma that has interesting behaviors at low energies, and it's relevant to not just AMS but also tokamak fusion research. It occurs in a number of situations, but they're definitely "niche" systems, so there has been a fair bit of data collected about it but not much theory to tie it together. Perfect grist for the armchair scientist to chew on.
So now that he's schmoozled with the friendly AMS crowd he's going to introduce the theory to a more hostile plasma physics audience. The predictive power of his model of this plasma model has been quite surprising, and he's used it to tie up a lot of loose ends in other people's work.
We will now be apart for 4 weeks, as in order to save airport trips, Bill is dropping me off for my W. Virginia trip the same day as John returns.
I'm looking forward to a supremely relaxing Badger. The cooking should be pretty easy, the nights long and care-free. No phone, no Internet. No showers for a few days. Cold nights, hot bikers. Whiskey. Pork chops. GRAVY. Just think about it.
Today, grocery shopping. There will be a little of that tomorrow as well as we head down to Modesto. I'll be traveling with Chris Ursich, who some of you have met. Tomorrow night we'll be at Ted's new place, and Wednesday morning we head for the hills.
Wednesday dinner is breaded pork chops with wild mushroom gravy, a surprisingly easy dish that bikers go crazy for. Be there or starve!
John headed off today for Finland, where he is attending a conference. After chaining himself to the computer for three years plowing through old research, it turns out he has identified a new type of plasma that has interesting behaviors at low energies, and it's relevant to not just AMS but also tokamak fusion research. It occurs in a number of situations, but they're definitely "niche" systems, so there has been a fair bit of data collected about it but not much theory to tie it together. Perfect grist for the armchair scientist to chew on.
So now that he's schmoozled with the friendly AMS crowd he's going to introduce the theory to a more hostile plasma physics audience. The predictive power of his model of this plasma model has been quite surprising, and he's used it to tie up a lot of loose ends in other people's work.
We will now be apart for 4 weeks, as in order to save airport trips, Bill is dropping me off for my W. Virginia trip the same day as John returns.
I'm looking forward to a supremely relaxing Badger. The cooking should be pretty easy, the nights long and care-free. No phone, no Internet. No showers for a few days. Cold nights, hot bikers. Whiskey. Pork chops. GRAVY. Just think about it.