Earlier in the year, Maria and I bought a copy of 200 Waterfalls in Central & Western New York, and we finally took the opportunity to start following some of its directions.

On Friday, we went to three sites: Medina Falls (Medina, NY), Serenity Falls (Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY), and Eternal Flame Falls (Chestnut Ridge Park, Orchard Park, ( Read more... )

Our pet emergencies continued this weekend when we took Emmy to Maria's mom's house. Maria's mom lives outside a rural town and has a lot of space--so at some point, Emmy decided that it would be fun to do some digging. She came back up to the house with a black tongue from eating dirt and filthy paws, but when she came in, it was clear that her ( Read more... )

I watched In the Shadow of the Moon tonight (it was a free night for members at The Little, which was nice). I thought it was a really charming and touching movie---absolutely beautiful to watch---but it was disappointing to me because it reminded me how bereft of accomplishments my life has been in comparison to the astronauts'.

I saw a Caesarean section performed today. A few weeks ago, I saw a normal delivery.

I can't wait to be back seeing adults.

I have one more week on the OB floor, then five weeks on the paediatrics floor, and then five weeks on the psychiatric ward. I'm looking forward to psych more than I expected.

Today Maria and I went out to John Holtz BMW and participated in the Ultimate Drive for the cure (for breast cancer). We took out a 535xi Sports Wagon and a Z4 3.0i Roadster. Unfortunately, both were automatics, but it was fun to play with the DSG that the roadster had (I was too excited by the iDrive in the wagon to notice).

I went out to the Apple Store today to check out the iPhone. It was everything that I'd dreamed it would be. The on-screen keyboard was not a whole lot less user-friendly than the chiclet-like keyboard on the Treo I use (though not quite as nice as the wide-bodied Blackberry devices like the the 7200 series). I felt that its responsiveness was much ( Read more... )

Mr. Wizard (Don Herbert) passed away today at 89 due to cancer. He is a big part of the reason that I like TV and science.

Maria got me involved with the Voice of the Voter program that is organized by the D&C, WXXI, and WHAM-TV.

They are running a blog and gave me posting access, so others may be seeing my screeds.

( Cross-post: Citizens, Not Revenue Sources )

About six weeks ago (which goes to show how often I post), Maria and I got a dog, a yellow lab mix, Emmy, from Rudy's Rescue.

Although Emmy is a joy to have, we still had some growing pains with her and wanted to improve our own knowledge of dog training, so we have been working through Dogs At Your Feet training, which is excellent ( Read more... )

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