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Tuesday, October 11th, 2005
This evening I attended a reception at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in association with the International Moonbase Conference. Impressive collection, which included SpaceShipOne. I also saw an I-Max film, Magnificent Desolation, in 3D no less, which was quite inspiring. It gave credence to the expression "if they can ...
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Wednesday, September 21st, 2005
The marketing campaign for the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm is brilliant: Deep inside, you know you're him. For me, maybe not that deep. I just had a Larry David moment yesterday, though it's not worth the typing effort to explain it.
In other extremely inane news, I'm pretty sure ...
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Thursday, September 15th, 2005
Since my last post, I defended my PhD, left Boulder, Colorado, drove to Maryland via St. Louis and Wheeling WV, and began a ten-week fellowship at the National Adademy of Sciences. Currently I'm helping out with what's known as the "Prospering study".
The program has an extensive orientation on policy-making ...
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Sunday, August 7th, 2005
I was at Target last night looking at the iPods, and three college-age guys are looking for ping-pong balls. "They're seasonal," the Target employee says, while agreeing that it did not make any sense. The guys walk off, wondering where they can find the objects of their desire at nearly ...
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Thursday, July 7th, 2005
I was at a bank the other day to deposit a check, and there were signs indicating that if the teller does not mention their deal on mortgage rates, the customer gets $5. Having just locked my bike outside at what I'd say are the second most poorly designed bike ...
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Sunday, June 19th, 2005
Last night I joined my friend Duff and his friends for karaoke at the Outback Saloon in North Boulder. I've been in Boulder for six years, and it's the first time I've done karoke here. (Not including a foiled attempt a few years ago.) The karaoke DJ was great: enthusiastic, ...
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Thursday, April 21st, 2005
Had I posted this a few weeks ago, I might have used the word thesis, but Tyr informed me that dissertation refers specifically to a PhD. Anyway, an academic journal has accepted for publication what will become chapter 3 (of 6) of my dissertation, "not counting the mezzanine," ...
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Thursday, July 22nd, 2004
I was biking home from work the other day, and a two kids, 6 and 9 years old, I'd guess, were riding toward me on "my side" of the street. Amused, I go the the left side, and suddenly they turn around on their tiny bikes, and say "Let's ...
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Thursday, July 1st, 2004
I just Googled the above. Woah. I was not prepared for the first link that came up. Still, it's not as good as Googling "amature," or if you can hangle it, "amatur". Yikes! For the contrast, Google "amateur." I'm staying away from Google images on ...
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2004
The photos from the first private manned space flight are inspiring. Also, moviemistakes.com is a pretty neat site, despite the ads. Now on to my story, which could be an an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm:
Since my softball game was rained out, I joined some friends at an Indian ...
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