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November 30, 2006
Dr. Bussard's Fusion Reactor
Thanks to Glenn Vanderburg for this link ...
Check out this video link of a lecture given by Dr. Bussard (of "Bussard Ramjet" fusion spaceship fame) of an electric fusion reactor his company (EMC2) is designing. It's amazing to watch ... he really knows this material and delivers it with wit and detail.
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November 25, 2006
The "Dungeon Master of the Rings"
thanks to Randell Jessup for posting on the Ilk Mailing list...
Check out this web comic. If you've ever sloughed through playing classic Dungeons and Dragons (aka "D&D"), you'll find this cross over hilarious.
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November 23, 2006
Two Years Ago ... and Seventeen, and Twenty
Two years ago, I came home from Boston, Mass. after working out of state for nine months. They were hard months for Anne and the kids, and while I couldn't avoid the absence, I've tried to make up for it since then. I pulled into the garage in my Golf, which hadn't been under a roof for 270 days (a record, of sorts), and read the sign on the door with great relief.
Seventeen years ago, Anne and I pulled up to our new and first home, and pulled out enough items to have a make-shift bed upstairs in the loft. The heat was off, so it was a cold night that first night we arrived in our home back in 1989. But ... it felt great to finally be moving into the house. I've never looked back at apartment living -- never again. My neighborhood in Stonebridge has not lived up to the hype we were told when we moved here, but it's still a lot better than most neighborhoods and almost any apartment complex I can imagine. We bought an affordable home in a good area, and accidentally landed in the right spot w/r/t middle and high schools, to boot. Not bad for a wild guess so long ago!
Twenty years ago, my roommate in Nyack, NY and I met our upstairs neighbor's daugther, Anne Gerard. We shared a Thanksgiving dinner with Barbara and her kids (Anne, Paul and Stephen), and later that night we (seperately) went to see Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. That was my first "date" with Anne ;-). We watched the whale episode of Star Trek two days ago, to remind ourselves of that special day and also of how bad the film was!
That's a lot of personal history to pack into Alice's Restaurant Day.
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November 10, 2006
Marching Season Almost Done
Today's the last major Boyd Band marching event, the final football game in The Colony against a pretty strong team. Expect another fifty-point spread.
It's been pretty crazy around here, with the band and political seasons both peaking at the same time. Hopefully I can get back into the casual blogging scene.
Check out the band blog for directions to the stadium for tonite's game.
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