January 2010
35 posts
Just back from a grocery run. The roads, while not great, are better than I expected. #snOMG
Jan 31st
Just taught my 8 year old son how to solder for Odyssey of the Mind. I think I’ll now go do something less stressful … like skydiving.
Jan 31st
RT @Astro_Jeff: First thing I did on internet? Order my wife some flowers. They arrived a few days ago. It was a hit. Commerce from space!
Jan 31st
Just bought plane tickets to attend the @NASA tweetup in Houston on Feb 17. Glad my parents live there (free lodging!).
Jan 31st
Absolutely HATE this “Secure Flight” program from the airlines & TSA. STUPID for those of us who go by our middle names.
Jan 31st
found the geocache Caches for Chickens - RRCR http://coord.info/GC1YB42
Jan 30th
found the geocache A little bit of Morehead City in Durham http://coord.info/GC1YAFA
Jan 30th
found the geocache Line of Longitude http://coord.info/GC23DV8
Jan 30th
Snowing at Southpoint Mall in Durham. http://flic.kr/p/7ziDUC
Jan 30th
Holy cow! I just got invited to go to the @NASA tweetup on Feb 17 in Houston. Now I need to figure out how to get there!
Jan 29th
Wondering just how packed the supermarkets are today with people preparing for this weekend’s “French Toast Emergency”.
Jan 29th
Astronomy Days at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences postponed by one week and made into a 1 day event - http://bit.ly/bMN4qL
Jan 29th
At our very first Cub Scout den meeting. http://flic.kr/p/7z7qKU
Jan 29th
High Power Rocketry http://post.ly/L38w
Jan 28th
*snort*! “Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant” - http://i.imgur.com/MnEDT.jpg
Jan 28th
High Power Rocketry →
I started building model rockets when I was in 3rd grade. The first rocket I ever built was an Estes Wizard (with the old paint scheme, not the new ugly one). With my cousins, I built and…
Jan 28th
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High Power Rocketry
I started building model rockets when I was in 3rd grade. The first rocket I ever built was an Estes Wizard (with the old paint scheme, not the new ugly one). With my cousins, I built and launched model rockets continuously all through elementary school until I went off to high school. I took a bit of a break through college but about 15 years ago or so I started back again. About 10 years...
Jan 28th
The Duke Teaching Observatory has an open house tonight - http://bit.ly/4CV1Hb - & it’s clear skies with a new moon & mild temperatures. Yay
Jan 15th
ran 2.36 mi on 1/14/2010 at 2:51 PM with a pace of 12’58”/mi http://bit.ly/78NEJ7
Jan 15th
The Duke Teaching Observatory has an open house this Friday night at 6:30pm - http://www.cgtp.duke.edu/~plesser/observatory/
Jan 13th
Got my office floor cleaned up. First time I’ve seen that floor in a couple of years! Still need to clean desk & shelves but later on that..
Jan 11th
Lunch at the Wingate College cafeteria. http://flic.kr/p/7unLhx
Jan 9th
At the NC Odyssey of the Mind Problem Captain training session at Wingate University.
Jan 9th
Roll Tide!
Jan 8th
Finally got the invitations out for the “Meet the Mikado Makers” party on January 16 - http://bit.ly/8rIjRF
Jan 8th
“Please fix the following errors in order to proceed: * Sorry, Free Day has officially ended.” #sparkfail :-(
Jan 7th
Having fun watching jklGoDuke do tech support for her parents in MO using screen sharing in @skype (her on Mac, them on Vista).
Jan 7th
Hey cool! The @fatcyclist will be on The Story ( http://thestory.org ) tomorrow. Will definitely have to tune in for that.
Jan 6th
Only 5 more space shuttle launches to go. :-( http://bit.ly/5VFKFg I definitely need to make it to at least one of them!
Jan 6th
New blog entry: H1N1 Clinics Held at Local Schools this Saturday http://southernkindoflife.com/?p=187
Jan 6th
Just entered the Nexus One free phone giveaway - to enter just follow @nexusonenews and retweet http://bit.ly/742J6B #nexusone
Jan 6th
Follow @jason to win one of ten Nexus One phones today #freenexusone
Jan 6th
Might as well try for one of the free Nexus One giveaways, even though I do still like my iPhone. #coolgadgets
Jan 6th
“Space shuttle Endeavour launch tickets go on sale Wednesday, January 6, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. ET” (for Feb 7 launch. Wish I could go!)
Jan 5th
ran 2.37 mi on 1/4/2010 at 3:42 PM with a pace of 13’08”/mi http://bit.ly/4vD6rp
Jan 5th