It snowed again in Seattle last night; in fact, it is still snowing. I'm pretty excited about the snowboarding season this year. John and I are going to be taking weekly snowboarding lessons through the Boeing ski/snowboarding club. It's only $69 for a weekly 2-hour lesson for 6 weeks. That's a pretty good deal ( Read more... )

1. What is your occupation right now? flight test engineer
2. What color are your socks right now? no socks
3. What are you listening to right now? the hum of the computer and the drip of the toilet
4. What was the last thing that you ate? oatmeal
5. Can you drive a stick shift? yes
6. Last person you spoke to on the phone? John Hellriegel
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Recently, Google maps added a new feature called "Street View" which shows a cool, 360-degree view at street level. You can even cruise around neighborhoods in Street View. This is lots of fun, especially when you can cruise neighborhoods you used to live/hang out in and occasionally chance to see people you may have know, or at least their cars ( Read more... )

The trip to Italy was really interesting. I'll write a full summary on it and post pictures within the next week.

In the meantime, I received a video of people who synchronize their house lights to music, and I thought I'd post it and a few others.

First, my favorite, the TSO classic: "Wizards in Winter"

This is the one I got in my email: ( Read more... )

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I have voted primarily Republican my entire life, save for that brief flirtation with the Libertarians. I even Voted for McCain...wayyy back in the 2000 primaries. McCain would have been a much, much better leader, I think, than George Dubyah. I saw McCain as perhaps the last redeeming hope for the Republican party ( Read more... )

This meme is from my friend Zak, who sees more clearly than most...

Crazy 8's (all in no particular order)

8 Things I'm passionate about:
1. Airplanes
2. Space exploration
3. Helping kids get excited about science and engineering
4. The Wilderness
5. Learning
6. Animals
7. Alternative energy
8. The environment

8 Things I want to do before I die: ( Read more... )

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