-
Sierras, etc.
As ladylita mentioned, we recently went for our first ski trip. My research group normally has an annual ski trip to South Lake Tahoe, but since my advisor was on sabbatical last year, this is the first time I've been able to go. Unfortunately, I don't think we should have started at Heavenly, but all the same, I thought it was pretty fun. By the end of ( Read more... ) -
California's Burning
There's apparently wildfires burning up and down the state right now, but there's two in particular that are having an impact on the Bay Area at the moment. One is a big fire burning in Santa Clara county, just on the other side of the coast mountains from San Jose and Silicon Valley. The other, possibly even bigger one, is burning in the Sierra ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
We had a pretty nice earthquake early this morning that actually made national news. at least for a while. It was a whoping 4.2, but here by the Oakland hills, where it was centered, it felt pretty big. Apparently, it did some damage around the area, like shattering the windows in the Safeway in Berkeley and breaking a bunch of wine bottles in ( Read more... ) -
Tahoe fires, microchips, etc.
I’m not sure how much the big fire at Lake Tahoe is making the national news, but there’s some pretty crazy pictures in the SF Chronicle. The wildfire has already been burning for several days, and because of the weather, they don’t think the fire will be contained until sometime next week at the earliest. Hopefully, they can keep it from burning ( Read more... ) -
Pictures from Toronto
Yes, I know, it's been ages since I posted last. This past semester has been pretty crazy, but at least it's finished, and it knocked out one of my breadth course requirements. Research work is going sort of slowly, but at least I'm making progress ( Read more... ) -
earthquakes
So it’s been a busy few days for Bay Area earthquakes. We had a 3.4 hit in Berkeley last week while I was at work. That was the first time I’ve felt one there, and it was only like a half a mile from my building, so it was pretty strong feeling, but short. Then tonight, a 4.2 hit on the other side of the hills from us, but even though it was like ( Read more... ) -
Earthquake!
We had another earthquake tonight! Two of them in the same spot, both 3.7 magnitudes just east of the house. The first one, Sam and I were off in the city and missed, but this one was enough to definitely feel and see things shaking around in the house. -
(Untitled)
For those of you not familiar with west coast seafood, an annual tradition is the beginning of dungeness crab season, when all the restaurants and Fisherman’s Wharf are buzzing with the arrival of freshly caught crabs just off the coast in the Pacific. In honor of this week, Sam and I decided to make a trek over to the city today to hit up our “ ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
So I’ve now been nudged by multiple people that it’s time to make a post, since it’s been some 30+ weeks since I last did. So lets see, what’s happened since then? I survived my first year of grad school, took an amazing trip to Europe with Sam, passed my prelim exam for my Ph.D, and am now midway through the fall semester. I suppose that hits the ( Read more... ) -
an update!
Wow, it’s been forever since I’ve made a post here. I suppose I’ll give the quick version of what’s been going on. My trip back to Tennessee was fun, if really rushed. Afterwards, Sam and I came back out to California, where we spent New Year’s Eve in San Francisco, wandered around seeing the sights, and saw an incredible Cirque du Soleil ( Read more... )