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Summer Vacation
Summer vacation started this year in West New York, NJ. I should note here that there was a familiar journey to this place. During a stop we popped into a Barnes and Noble to get a gift for our friends. On the way out we were blocked by two teenagers selling candy for the Boys and Girls club and a varsity sports team. Kim warned me to have a ( Read more... ) -
Volleyball and Bodysurfing
Thursday afternoon, after getting off work, which consisted of seemingly endless hours of drawing circuits for the purpose of communicating my design to my customers (this has been going on for quite some time, but isn't really getting old, yet). I rode my bike home and stopped by Custom Coffee, a fabulous local coffee roaster ( Read more... ) -
Beach
We biked down to first beach yesterday and today. Yesterday was glorious with sun, no wind and nice waves rolling in. I watched some beach volleyball and figured out the hand signals (line and angle), which were pretty simple actually although I have no idea how to keep them in my head during play. We played in the fresh water stream that pours ( Read more... ) -
Biking
Today I learned some lessons, . . . again. I don't know what it is about by brain, but as I was pulling out onto West Main Road I turned my gear shifter the wrong direction and threw my chain. I pulled over and put it back on then couldn't get back into traffic (too many cars) eventually I did get back in then in my mounting frustration I decided ( Read more... ) -
Bicycling
So, I'm riding my bicycle home from work. The wind from the north and east is strong and gusting broadside or blasting in my face. My bike is leaning into the wind at a discernable angle sometimes and I'm struggling a little keeping my vector. Furthermore the road home is largely uphill so I'm working in about 2-3 my favorite trudge - trudge gear ( Read more... ) -
Abortion
I recently had my buttons pushed by a Reader's Letter in the local newspaper, Roe v. Wade is legalization of murder. The author went on to discuss the obvious evil of abortion as anyone who believes in god must know and went on to say "The atheists are saying all the religions are a lie and the Bible is a lie. I'm sure Satan, the prince of liars, ( Read more... ) -
Work
So, we almost have the first machine completed. ( Read more... ) -
Diverticulitis (another play)
Setting: the desert planet Arakis. Two people are trudging across the high desert like drunken sailor. That is the only way to avoid having one's moisture absorbed by a worm as they are attracted by rhythmic walking ( Read more... )