This weekend Blossom’s sister Leah came to visit. We took a trip into Boston and strolled the Freedom Trail, and did a little cooking at home. A lovely visit was had by all.
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Halloween w/ the Pullens
2005-10-30 – 07:52
Sunday we met up with Mike, Debbie, Jacob, Ariel and drove up to Salem for some halloween ritual. On a gorgeous fall day we toured the pirates museum, saw a spooky deal about the witch trials, and wandered all over time.
Gone to Visit Jess Jamieson in NY City
2005-06-12 – 07:41
My father was in New York City for a conference this weekend, so I drove down from Boston to hang out for a day or two. We had a nice dinner, wandered around Manhattan, through central park, saw a latin american parade, and had some bbq in time square. Good trip!
CHI ought five
2005-04-22 – 08:48
Last week I attended the CHI 2005 conference in Portland, OR. Not a bad little conference, all thing considered. I took a full day tutorial on implementing the user experience at a strategic level within an organization. This provided some very tasty fodder for further thinking on the issue. One side note — the conference [...]
Blizzard ‘05
2005-01-23 – 12:37
As of noon today there is about two feet of snow on the ground, with drifts as high as three or four feet. With the wind chill it’s about -7 degrees Farenheight. A state of emergency has been declared, and everything in eastern Mass. has been shut down. Boston schools are closed Monday and Tuesday. [...]
Sandpipers fufill the improbable dream
2005-01-22 – 05:11
Jan 2, 2005. The Des Moines Sandpipers claim victory for the first time in Aardvark Bill’s Spectacular Two-Dimensional League, beating the Fudgelville Packers 78–74 in the championship game. This was a pretty tasty victory, because I have been playing the damn fantasy football for 7(?) years now and have been consistently whupped. So I get [...]
Big Big Holiday Madness
2005-01-22 – 04:58
Thursday, Dec 23, 2004 – Monday, Dec 27, 2004
Went to Colorado Springs to visit Dad, Marie, and Gram. I got in Thursday but Dad and Marie were delayed in Denver and didn’t get in until late. Friday we went out and got edibles to set up and all day nibble spread. Uncle Moose and his [...]
Non-poisonous skin cream preferred
2004-11-04 – 08:03
From a story about researchers reproducing an ancient roman skin cream:
During the Roman Empire, Roman women in London used to use this foundation cream. The cream is made of refined animal fat, starch and tin.
When you apply it to your face you have a smooth, white powdery texture - probably due to the starch, say [...]
Vile illness
2004-09-04 – 04:27
Ahh nothing like a sweet summer cold to make the world shine a little brighter. Two Thursdays ago I went for a drink after work with people. I figure the alcohol intake tipped the balance in a war I didn’t know about, and my immune system collapsed under friendly fire. So I spent three miserable [...]
Stats madness
2004-08-22 – 02:44
This article explains what that margin of error thing is that journalists take on to survey data. I thought this was pretty interesting because I used to know a fair bit about stats back in my grad school days. I taught intro to behavioral stats to undergrads, and that experience drove me from academics into [...]