Archive for February, 2007

How goes the astronomy?

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

I’ve had great success since I got the telescope, and I thought I’d share a bit with my reader.
Upon receipt of the gift, I proceeded to break the dot finder within five minutes, so finding things turned out to be difficult. Imagine trying to find a face in a crowd by looking through a tiny [...]

Sharing the road

Monday, February 12th, 2007

I’ve been riding a motorcycle for ten years now and I’m constantly amazed at how negatively people view them. It’s always the same litany of complaints; “I can’t see you”, “You ride too fast”, “You have a death wish”. We’re hard to see, but not *that* hard. I drive a car as well, and I [...]

How to vacation the scohen way

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Step 1. Have your airline call you at 2:00 in the morning telling you that your flight was canceled and moved to a different time.
Step 2. Have the new flight take off almost an hour late, nullifying your hour-long layover.
Step 3. Land in a blizzard. Make sure the drive to your sister’s house takes [...]