I'm on LJ so infrequently these days, I even neglect to post important stuff ( Read more... )

Almost a failure. Hung out at APL for a while. David got to go nutter-butter with Alex and Maggie who he doesn't see a whole lot. Too many clouds so we went in to the auditorium to watch the stream from Mauna Kea. U-stream cut out about thirty seconds before ingress. Waited until that came back up, and then went to get dinner, with the hopes that ( Read more... )

The last of the helium balloons from David's birthday party finally lost its buoyancy last night, thirty-eight days after the party.

For those of you who haven't heard, the MESSENGER spacecraft goes into orbit around Mercury in about an hour an a half. It's already flown by three times, but this will be the first time a spacecraft has ever orbited Mercury. I'd hoped to have a paper out on the topic by now, but I haven't even finished writing it up yet ( Read more... )

1. Make a mess of pancakes. Blueberries optional ( Read more... )

The phrase "A whole nother ..." infuriates me. There is no such word as "nother". The phrase is either "Another whole ..." or "A whole other ...". I would also accept "An whole other ..." if you're being British or something. I'm ok with splitting infinitives, but not articles.

Stolen from tirani ...

1.) Do a web search and type in "You know you're from [your area] when..."
2.) Cut and paste the list
3.) Bold or italicize items that apply to you.

( Washington, DC )

I hate it when I lose my temper and then end up regretting it for the evening. Kate's driving us home. We're about to make a turn, when I notice the car next to us motion to roll down the window. Thinking he needs directions or wants to let us know we have a tail-light out or something, I tell Kate to stop, roll down the window and am greeted ( Read more... )

I've developed a bad habit over the last couple years of setting cooked dishes on unused burners, since every single square inch of the counter is usually covered. Tried that with the bacon this morning and turned on a pot to boil. Came back a couple minutes later to discover I'd turned on the wrong burner, and that smoke was wafting from the ( Read more... )

Man, I hardly ever post any more ( Read more... )