http://stonesthrow.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Tue, 13 May 2008 19:19:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am a big fan of scavenger hunts -- largely in theory because I can't actually remember an actual scavenger hunt that I actually took place in. I like the idea of running around, using one's intelligence to find random things (and sometimes those things having a purpose), which is ... http://stonesthrow.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/scavenge/ Visits from Dave and to Donna resulted in some gastro drama and seeing another baseball game where my team loses, but overall much goodness. Dave and I will soon continue our discourse as I have a Fulbright workshop in DC later this month, and I will try to keep him ... http://stonesthrow.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/recaps/ The semester is winding down -- last day of classes is Monday -- and so even for me who is not teaching, it still means things are slowing down. The event I was in charge of went off well, and other projects are on simmering nicely, so I can't complain.   Big ... http://stonesthrow.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/into-the-clear/ No, not Stonesthrow, but Ursinus. I was on a committee to help develop it, but stopped really contributing after the basic design was approved. It's much better than the previous version, and the graphics are largely good. It still has a ways to go before it's fully fleshed out, but ... http://stonesthrow.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/new-website/ I went to dinner tonight at Black Lab Bistro (more on that at some point over at Chicken-Fried Caviar) with colleagues and a special guest to the college this week, Owen Gingerich, an astronomer from Harvard.   He was very cool and brought with him something I'd never heard of before: an ... http://stonesthrow.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/learning-something-new-blah-blah-fishcakes/ Opening Day greets us with a drizzly, demoralizing loss for the Fightin' Phils; I'm ensconced in front of my mlb.tv player as the M's take on the evil Rangers.  It's baseball time. This summer proves to be quite the summer of baseball. We have gone halfsies on a Sunday ticket plan for ... http://stonesthrow.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/take-me-out/ I mean, first, Jaguar and Land Rover are sold to we colonists, angering many a Brit, no doubt. But, now this? "Ford sells Jaguar, Land Rover to India's Tata." I mean, the Queen must be pissed -- almost as much as when Canada threatened to leave the Commonwealth. Oh, wait, that was ... http://stonesthrow.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/the-empire-strikes-back/ So, back to Vegas. I'll dispense with copious amounts of writing about my gambling. I did better than Rick. There was a lot of video poker, interspersed with some blackjack (including at a $5 table at Bellagio Sunday morning, featuring the oldest dealer on earth and the most annoying Canadian couple ... http://stonesthrow.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/two-dames-and-a-dam/ Thanks to NPR's Story of the Day Podcast, I heard about Leslie Hall. Um, how come I have never seen nor heard her before? I lurve her! PS: here's hoping I get the rest of the Vegas trip report up soon. Perhaps tonight while I listen to the M's or something. We'll ... http://stonesthrow.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/my-new-favorite-person/ "Charlie Rose Face Plants to Save His MacBook Air" I would do the same, sir. Of course, first I'd have to have one. I think I will start though with at some point getting an iPod where the whole screen works. Damned Detroit airport and your awfully hard tiled floors! http://stonesthrow.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/sudden-newfound-respect-for-charlie-rose/