Crazy But Able

All right, enough volunteering. Tomorrow morning I’m heading out for three weeks of adventuring around New Zealand. First stop, Fox Glacier.
Just so you know, do not say the word fanny-pack in New Zealand. Apparently fanny doesn’t not mean buttocks here. In fact, in New Zealand, it is an offesive word for […]

Peggy’s pregnant!
If we’re lucky, the kid will have Peggy’s looks, Peggy’s brains, Peggy’s sense of time, Peggy’s ability to make things out of nothing, and my ability to speak in complete verbal sentences. If we’re not lucky, we’ll have a kid that’s exactly like me but talks like Peggy. We’d have […]

The Road to Serfdom in cartoon form

What’s the weather like down there at the end of March? Specifically, what’s the weather like down in southern Mississippi like at the end of March? Is it good roofin’ weather?
Jus’ wonderin’.

Via Google News, I found a mostly unremarkable London Free Press story on Crash backlash after the Oscars. But one part caught my eye:
Over at www.Myspace.com, someone named David wrote: “Last night’s choice for best picture of the year was very hard for me to accept. Crash is not a film even worth seeing. […]

Why don’t more women strive for careers in science and engineering? Maybe they found better jobs.“Adjusted for IQ and working hours, jobs in science are the lowest paid in the United States.”

Build your own telephone exchange

This looks like a good recipe for steak

Another couple of months, another “Where’s John?” update.
Let’s see, my back is doing much better, I’ve only re-injured it twice and it’s almost finally healed (again. AGAIN.) :| Camera still broken. :( Lots of little things going well, most of them too little to mention, but they add up. […]

I just had a week off after about three weeks of work. I went to Arthur’s Pass National Park. It was very nice, but some switchbacks on the trails would have been nice. For some reason, they think that strait up is the best way to go up a mountain. I’m […]