Essay

The promised essay is forthcoming, as soon as I settle on a topic, and when there's not 15 hours of delicious basketball on every day.

Something of Substance

When I started this blog a year ago, it was my intention to create a mixed bag. Lots of little posts about nothing along with the occasional weighty piece. In addition to the obvious benefit the world would reap with exposure to my deep well of wisdom, I looked forward to sending some blood in the direction of my writing muscles. I haven't written anything non-technical since my sophomore year in college, and I haven't written anything good since high school. Naturally, I've posted minimally about the small ideosyncracies this past year, and not at all about things that matter. In part, this is a time issue. I have plenty, but I love to waste it until it seems as though I'm squeezed. Also, and more tellingly, I am afraid to put forth serious ideas. Genuine effort makes one vulnerable, because if it sucks, it's still the best you've got. But oh hell, only three people read this anyway, so I'm going to give it a whirl.

Facebook

That is what I wasted 3 hours on tonight. It's neat to dig around a little bit and see who from your personal history you can track down. An old friend I haven't seen in a decade is doing more and better than I expected, and my heart is a little bit lighter tonight for it!

Vacation Tuesday

That is what today is. No advisor meeting, and I don't have Bible Study to lead tonight either. How am I celebrating? By eating delicious stroopwaffels and worrying about the First Normal Stress Difference in my imposed shear flow simulation, or course!

New Life!

New era of responsible parenting begins today! This time I will definitely keep them alive....

Then you can have a dog....

My first try at spider plant husbandry went poorly, but I'm going to get back in the saddle.

Summer's Coming... I can feel it

It was fantastic weather all weekend here in the Hub of the Universe. 60 and sunny on Saturday, so I got my road bike out and went to Hopkinton, where they start the Marathon. I have a tiny bit more color to my cheeks, and I've got the itch. This is the year I'm going to get skin cancer. Today it's more like 45 and rainy, but I'm doggedly wearing flipflops anyways. If I clench hard enough, I can cause warm weather to occur.

Whateva. I blog when I want.

Bob is holed up in his office figuring out the right direction for MIT's energy use policies, so he can't love me for an hour tomorrow afternoon. As such, I am wasting today on the internet. Woo. I recently found out that as many as three (3) people may be popping in to check this blog, so I feel a heavy weight of responsibility to put up my quarterly post.