I haven't written much for a long time. So here's a bit of an update. I'm doing well but working too hard. Aside from the usual load of work at Punahou, which gets very busy for department heads at this time of year, I'm also co-teaching an astronomy class for the first time. I'm doing this basically as a freebie, since I've wanted to teach it for a long time. It's been great so far but lots of work since Pat (the other teacher) and I are re-creating the course from the ground up. So it takes time, but I'm also enjoying it tremendously. Astronomy is an old love for me, and we're emphasizing observation (i.e. stargazing) in the course, so I'm loving it. Punahou has a couple of good amateur telescopes, and recently I've used them a bunch.
I've also been very good with exercising since the New Year -- five times a week every week. I guess I finally accepted that I'm not going to run much anymore but I still need the workouts. A lot of it has been yoga, which I highly recommend to anyone.
For those of you with physics-geek tendencies or past associations,
this is really funny.