I rediscovered this video, and it made me as ridiculously happy as the first time I saw it two years ago. So I just had to re-share it.

I've started to use Blogger to report on my activities.  Livejournal is going to be solely for things I'm thinking, feeling, and pondering.  Most posts will be friends-only, but I'll add anyone who is interested. 

The 70+ hour work weeks have begun, with no real end in sight.  Coupled with taking a class for my master's degree, it is nearly overwhelming.  I've seen John once in the past two weeks when he wasn't asleep...

Our first flight is tomorrow. I'm nearly too tired to be happy about it.

I just finished one of Orson Scott Card's latest books, Ender in Exile, and it gave me much food-for-thought regarding space travel and exploration. Our current government just announced a very modest raise for NASA, and the decommisioning of the space shuttle program. Many are up in arms about this, except they forget that this has been the plan ( Read more... )

Didn't get to do all the cool hiking/climbing I had planned on this summer (as I was stupid and decided to take two classes the same quarter.) The Stuart trip was cool, though Tracy's knee started acting up so we didn't push the summit and risk having to rescue her. I have a couple of cool fall hikes in mind, and Laura (also has been down with ( Read more... )

Click to view

The decline of American manufacturing has been happening for decades now, so it's really no surprise that the Big Three are having all the troubles they've had. Here's one interesting perspective from a guy who spent much of his career at Ford ( Read more... )

This was a difficult week for me, but one in which I learned a whole lot. I'd say it really helped me gain much more awareness of not only things I should have known already, but of things about myself, and how I see the world ( Read more... )

Interesting article from The Atlantic:

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200906/happiness/

I've been taking the BoeAlps basic climbing class, and have lately been able to spend at least one day a week climbing mountains.

Pictures from the class are/will be posted here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/teamgraphite