Monthly Archives: May 2009
Fermilab lecture on Nanotechnology
Neil and I stopped at the Little Owl in Geneva for din din, had the Shore Lunch – nice piece of Walleye and fries. Good, but I should have gotten the burger. Neil had the fish combo and concurs. Little … Continue reading
Larry King on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
4:12 Larry: “O.K….I’ve got ties older than you.” 5:12 Jon: “… and you take the money and pay off gambling debts!” Larry: “No, I paid off Internal Revenue…” The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, May 21, 2009 The Daily Show … Continue reading
Mavica 411
At Bette’s school, the classroom digicam is a Sony Mavica MVC-FD200, circa 2002, very old school with a FLOPPY drive or Memory Stick media. …Memory Stick card slot and can store up to 128MB of images (from Steve’s Digicams) We … Continue reading
College Tour 2009 – Dubuque IA
Kelly goes to Clarke College for PT. We wanted the campus tour, so we walked down Clarke St. for two blocks and saw several dorms, all named after nuns, and a bigger building. That was it. No quad, bookstore, anything. … Continue reading
College Tour 2009 – Grinnell IA
So here’s the route: View College Tour 2009 in a larger map We set out with the new Honda CR-V Friday afternoon. Traffic was a little funky in Rockford at the I39 on-ramp, and I-80 was trashed at the IL … Continue reading
Wine Review – Oak Leaf Cab; Dominio de la Peseta 2002 Crianza
So on our trip to Iowa, we did our pilgrimage to Walmart, and found their $3 answer to “two-buck Chuck” – Oak Leaf Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon. It has no vintage. I couldn’t resist. I drank this. Its color is very … Continue reading