So we're looking at going to Paris soon.  Suggestions?  (Note: we don't speak French.)

Best resource I've found so far: http://wikitravel.org/en/Paris

So that was an un-expected adventure today.  Jenny and I went to the temple this morning only to find out when we got there that the session  we'd planned on going to would be in Spanish, with translation headsets for the rest of us.  That alone would have been a new interesting experience for me, but it turns out that my headset didn't actually ( Read more... )

So the recent TSA policy issue is pretty amusing. One point that came up that does interest me is can they get away with it without bankrupting the airlines? While we've repeatedly proven that our voting ballots don't mean much, we still have other options for expressing our opinions. This one I'll call voting with your wallet. At what point ( Read more... )

 "You're just making that up because it's true, aren't you?"
- Kate E

 This has been a cool day, so I'm going to write it down while I still remember it ( Read more... )

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My phone has brainz! J and I finally upgraded to smart phones with a data plans.

Notes:
We still don't text. E-mail, IM, or call us.
I'll actually be online during the day now, but I probably won't remember to look at my phone very often.

In reference to my previous Scotland Yard post...

So I decided to give it a start.  I spent way too much time on a fancy map editor, and learned all sorts of things about the game in the process:
The board I have must be very old (1985).  There's no 108 on the board.  Later editions fixed this by getting ride of 200 and shifting a few numbers ( Read more... )

 Today I walked 5 miles round trip to re-renew my drivers license because it was just as fast as taking the bus.

I count at least four things wrong with that sentence.

 So my nerdy thoughts of the week have been focused on the board game Scotland Yard.  Think fugitive the board game.  Mr X has to survive 30 rounds without getting caught.  Five collaborating detectives have to track him down.  Each turn everybody can take a taxi, bus, or subway (if available at your location).  Mr X almost always has to reveal ( Read more... )

Random nerdy oddities lately ( Read more... )