Monthly Archives: August 2009

Interesting, catchy title 0

A five minute drive, or – more commonly – a twelve minute bike ride from my house, Lake Michigan slices through the countryside and stretches west (on all but the clearest days) as far as the eye can see. The resulting shoreline draws tourists from all around the tristate area … but mostly from Chicago. [...]

Goals 0

This made the rounds on the internet a few days ago. For the last three days, I’ve gotten up in the morning and showered using option number two. I need every bit of help waking up I can get.

On the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 0

I’m hardly the first to inform anyone: forty years ago, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin ScD ’63 stepped onto the surface of the moon, snatching the top prize in the Space Raceand placing the astronaut firmly ahead of the classic fireman as the dream occupation of every child. It was all over the mainstream media [...]

New stuff 0

Being an unabashed consumer (in the economic and biological senses), receiving new stuff makes for an exciting day – exciting enough to make me wonder if George Carlin had it right with the meaning of life (relatively clean for Carlin, and hilarious): So, what am I excited about? First, I got my notebook for class [...]