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Zen vs Aikido
I try to attend Zen retreats, which occur three times a year, up in Chicago. I also like to try to get to the US Aikido Federation Winter Camp seminar every few years. It seems Fall sesshin and Winter camp have had the unpleasant coincidence of falling on the same weekend in the past few years.
I've missed sesshin twice this year and to make things ( Read more... ) -
The Experiment - exercises in using the wrong tool
I'm on a pottery email list. It's a nice list and I get some great information from it. Recently, I'd been talking to one of the potters about coefficients of thermal expansion - important to potters because a glaze and clay body often shrink/expand at differing rates. Adjusting a glazes thermal expansion can make the difference between a beautiful ( Read more... ) -
The more you drive, the less intelligent you are.
I ran across an old friend on Facebook, last night. We dated in the '80s but I lost touch with her. I fell in love with her and still feel butterflys when I think of her ( Read more... ) -
Lithium and it's relationships with Algebra
While the title may bring up humorous associations with high school algebra and what you thought might help, but this actually is about solving a real problem I had, with algebra. Oh, and the problem deals with lithium. No, really, it does.
( Danger Will Robinson, Chemistry and Algebra approaching! ) -
Zen retreats and pot related tasks
Chris and I ran a Zazenkai this weekend, for the zen center. Had a pretty big crowd, for us. It went fairly well, not many glitches. Chris suggested using brown rice and pine nuts for the Okayu, which was pretty tasty - Okayu can be kinda bland so punching it up is always a good thing. Donations for the retreat were good, so the centers coffers ( Read more... ) -
Another project in the works
Well, fresh off the successful Temperature Controller Project completion, I started working on the Kiln Ventilation system ( Read more... ) -
Mr Gorbachev, tear down this firewall!
OK, so his name isn't Gorbachev and since I value my job, I won't actually mention his name, but it seems my company is now allowing access to LJ ( Read more... )
