Posted in Uncategorized on May 16th, 2007
The second best quote of the day was from a conversation I copied on 40 meters at lunch today: “I had to go patch the water line running to my cabin. It’s really rocky here so I can’t bury it, and the coyotes like to chew holes in it every year or two. That’s done, […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 15th, 2007
pictures – Guadalupe Mountain National Park, including Guadalupe Peak pictures – McDonald Observatory, near Fort Davis, TX pictures – Marfa Lights, Marfa, TX pictures – Motel Bien Venido, Alpine, TX The new hotness is a roadtrip to Cabo San Lucas in Baja California Sur, Mexico. So now I need to learn Spanish, particularly such phrases […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 6th, 2007
Hoooome! What a trip! I took Thursday and Friday off from work and headed out west. I left Austin at 11 AM after some last-minute-last-minute shopping and arrived at the Guadalupe Mountain visitor center around 8:30 PM. Along the way I discovered all bottled tea is complete ass, the sweetened kind being the worst. “Lipton […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 2nd, 2007
n the op-ed section of the Statesman today (or maybe it was the Dallas or Houston paper), there was a blurb by somebody for the disclosure of people with concealed handgun licenses. Paraphased, they said something like, “As a parent, I have the right to know when my little girl is going to be around […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 1st, 2007
Rick “nice hair” Perry is so awesome. He came out yesterday to say that Texans with concealed carry licenses should be able to carry guns anywhere, including churches, bars, courthouses, and universities. Houston Chronicle has an article about it. Nobody is introducing legislature to make any changes to the laws though, but it’s great that […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 26th, 2007
Where have I been? Today’s mental exercise was plotting where I’ve traveled in my life. The result is a map with a bunch of squiggles. Rather than say “I’ve been to these states,” I wanted to narrow it down since most states are a few inches across. For this I count places I’ve actually set […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 22nd, 2007
I spent some time today tracking down RFI in my truck that appears when I’m listening to 6-80 meters. I re-mounted my HF antenna, fixed some annoying problems and installed a line noise filter. The good news is, the line filter killed the majority of the noise I get when the truck ignition is in […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 15th, 2007
80 miles today, down past San Marcos on I-35. I got quite the blochy sunburn from it. The first 20-30 miles I felt great, but by mile 60 I was bored and very ready to be finished. My legs were getting pretty heavy, I came home and crawled in bed for a couple of hours. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 10th, 2007
It’s been 72 hours without any soda. Sunday hurt like hell; I was in bed for most of the day with a pounding headache. The last time I stopped, it didn’t hurt at all. Tea has filled the vacuum. Not your ordinary Snapple or instant iced tea, but good o’ British Empire black tea (minus […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 7th, 2007
I did my VO2 test today. I should have my full formal results back from a pulmonary specialist in a week or two after they go over the spirometry and EKG data. Turns out I have small lungs; the prediction was 7.3 liters, but I only measured 3.7 liters. Since I don’t smoke, they were […]
