Went on a whale watching boat trip this afternoon with Jen and Jen’s parents. Whales are very, very cool animals. We saw two humpbacks, one of whom “breached” (leapt completely out of the water, executing about a 1/2 turn in midair). In my opinion, whales are one of the wonders of the natural world, and . . . → Read More: Whales!
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News of the weird. Bullets not boobs, or “pornstars can talk?” I went to a kung fu class at the kung fu palace up the street. The trainer seems like a pretty reasonable guy, but I barely even broke a sweat. Clearly he was being nice, but we’re going to need to step it up . . . → Read More: Random points… an article from today’s New York Times made me angry today. It describes how both campaigns from the major parties have teams working their butts off to either keep Nader off or get him on the ballots in as many states as possible. The drive by Pennsylvania Democrats is one of the most extensive . . . → Read More: Get a life Sometimes, on the way to work, I stop off at some station on the T and have a cup of coffee and check my email before going all the way to the office. It’s my little way of exploring Boston and Cambridge, and not getting into a dank and moody commuter rut. This morning I’ve . . . → Read More: Rooftop garden Changed the exterior doorknobs on the house today. Got some high quality Schlage knobs and deadbolts, and then mounted them. Along the way we had, I think, every possible permutation of pain-in-the-butt doorknob mounting error, including configuring one door such that I can *either* set the deadbolt *or* use the doorknob lock, but not both. . . . → Read More: Locks “Collateral” is a pretty good movie. Tom Cruise can really act, when he hasn’t simply been told “act like Tom Cruise, that’s what’s selling”. The movie, for all that it’s billed as an action flick, really has a lot of drama. The vast majority of it is shot in a taxi, with the two main . . . → Read More: Movies We tried out the tent (which will be used for the great alaska adventure) last night. Glad we did. It leaks, big time. More water repellent! More sealant! I did feel a little bit silly, camping out in the backyard. I would have felt a lot more silly taking a tent that I had never . . . → Read More: Tent AVP. I’m going. Had my first good climbing day since arriving in Rhode Island this evening. I’ve been feeling weak and soft from intermittent workouts and lack of restful sleep. The fact that I was once again climbing at something like the level I used to makes me very happy and confident that I’ve settled in a bit . . . → Read More: Climbing |
