Today, I boast of 3 skills. 1: I can juggle 6 lbs (3 x 2lb balls) 500 times. And then my forearms fall off: 2: I can rep a 20 lb weight 100 times, then my entire arm falls off: 3: We can host a 1500 lb party (10 of Helen’s co-workers) on our little…
Lake Vacation
Vacation time! We spent 2 lovely weeks at the lake. My goal this trip was to learn how to swim freestyle (aka ‘the crawl’) better. Like many people, I could swim it clumsily for 10 seconds or so, then my lungs would stop me, complaining about either not enough air or too much water, or…
Waterfalls
I flew back to Rochester for the first time in a year a few weeks ago. Met up with Laurie (on her way to visit MT) and Zach (came back to pick up a car that he forgot), and Zach’s now ex-girlfriend Emily. I slept in the nice comfy bean bag bed, and L, Z,…
Fireman and bikes
Remember that picture of Helen’s bike in our stairway from last month? We learned a lesson about storing bikes in stairwells. Last weekend I did a long 30 mile bike ride to a Jazz festival (Helen was at on call at the hospital). When I came back at dusk, I discovered that Helen’s bike had…
Bike Flowers
We have been enjoying spring, biking or walking almost every day. The biker woman who bikes with studded tires year round is seen here demonstrating here special technique for storing the bike in our stairwell (bikes have a short half life when locked outside here): The same biker woman is seen here on the left…
Laser squirrel
We took a weekend trip down to Philly a few weeks ago. The girl half a couple we befriended turned 50, so it was time for a party. They are both physics professors at Temple University, so I got a tour of the boy half’s laser lab. This is a million dollar laser: This is…