Mozilla browser window. View larger image Mike, Today I made a great discovery – the observatory has guest bikes for anyone to take out. So tomorrow (Sunday) I’m going to ride to the history museum in Nobeyama, and see the sights of the nearby tourist towns. I walked about 5 or 6 km today, mostly […]
Mike, Here are two pictures of where my fingers are doing their pecking these days. The first is my workspace, where you can see my laptop sitting next to a keyboard and the corner of a monitor “pcheliog2” (which is currently crunching away on a project). Look closely at the laptop screen and you might […]
Mike, Here are two pictures of where my fingers are doing their pecking these days. The first is my workspace, where you can see my laptop sitting next to a keyboard and the corner of a monitor “pcheliog2” (which is currently crunching away on a project). Look closely at the laptop screen and you might […]
Mike, I’m losing track of what I’ve sent you and what I haven’t. So here are all the URLs of Japan stuff: The dorm room I’m living in. Shots of the observatory and mountains. I’ve learned how to say Schmahl in Japanese. In the last few days I’ve written a lot of emails to P,B,&K […]
Flo toasting her own 93rd birthday, with, appropriately enough, an Old Fashioned. Two of the birthday participants – Debbie and Matthew. Susan arrived Monday after a three-day drive from Minnesota, and we immediately fullfilled her first wish – a house margarita from La Cantina . The first Christmas card arrived yesterday and it wasn’t from […]
Sent by my brother, Brian. ” This one burned for eight hours (14 firetrucks) and killed a 78 year-old woman on the first floor. The water was six inches deep in the street and it was still burning when they knocked it down. “ View larger image
Rakkity 11/27/05 Chicago to Tokyo takes 12 hours by the polar route. Somehow, by the mysteries of longitude, you can leave Chicago at noon and arrive at 4 pm in Tokyo on the next day without ever seeing the sun set. I was lucky enough to have a window seat on my flight, and could […]
Adam Kibbe The following is admittedly long by blog standards, but short for the experience. And of the linked gallery of 75 pictures, you should know that I started with almost 250. I hope someone makes it through the text and/or the pictures and enjoys … Frequent Flyer airplane tickets stretch the definition of free […]
Checklist : o Filed down my outlet adapters to match Japan’s outlets (check) o Stashed map of Tokyo-Nagano regions (check) o Packed spare 512 MD sd memory card for camera (check) o Packed USB to PC card reader to upload pix to Mike’s blog (check) o Packed the supinator dynasplint to terrify the baggage checkers […]
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This card’s from the company that picks up my construction debris.
The Friday before last, Patrick, Katie & I had arranged to play cut-throat (3-way racquetball) at 5 pm. P. and I arrived at the court at about the same time, but Katie wasn’t there yet, so after warming up, we started a game. P scored first with a blazing serve that I only waved my […]