Repeat after me … Twenty Ten, not Two Thousand and Ten. Fewer syllables. According to my calculations, given the number of years left in this century, times the growing number of English speakers, times PI**42, we collectively save enough energy in auditory output to slow the rate of thermodynamic entropic decay and we delay the…
We had many travels to and from Syracuse in November. We started with a visit to the Billings Clinic. An impressive facility and nice folks: Then we visited the University Hospital in Salt Lake City: Beautiful mountain views And this city comes with a built in cousin (Abbey): Finally we visited Casper Wyoming. About…
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…
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…
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,…
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…