Thursday, February 16, 2006
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Mankato, MN, 2/15/2006
When the wind chill is 4 degrees, it's not a good time to be getting sick. Too bad I am. It doesn't happen often; hopefully it's a temporary thing, and I'll recover with my usual vigor.
Did I mention 4 degrees? That's sodding cold. And that'll be the high on Friday, without the wind chill. In Minnesota, in the winter, the only color is manmade. Everything else natural is in greyscale.
I've taken NyQuil and will hopefully finish the post before I start calculating the actual magnetic field strength (measured in gauss) of lemurs.
The original plan was to have made this trip two weeks ago; not only would it have been warmer, I would have been able to catch a Minnesota Wild hockey game. But the customer scuttled that plan, pushing it back to now. I suspect conspiracy.
Think warm thoughts. I'll write more later.
Did I mention 4 degrees? That's sodding cold. And that'll be the high on Friday, without the wind chill. In Minnesota, in the winter, the only color is manmade. Everything else natural is in greyscale.
I've taken NyQuil and will hopefully finish the post before I start calculating the actual magnetic field strength (measured in gauss) of lemurs.
The original plan was to have made this trip two weeks ago; not only would it have been warmer, I would have been able to catch a Minnesota Wild hockey game. But the customer scuttled that plan, pushing it back to now. I suspect conspiracy.
Think warm thoughts. I'll write more later.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Bastardized Holidays
Warren Ellis has the right idea; "Horny Werewolf Day" has a much better ring to it than "Valentine's Day".
Valentine's Day's pagan origins
Valentine's Day's pagan origins
Sunday, February 12, 2006
Saturday, February 11, 2006
Go Wings!

Red Wings 3, Predators 2. Good game. By the time we found a place to park, and managed to get to the arena, the first period was almost over. As we paused to grab a snack, the horns blared, the crowd roared, and the Preds made it 2-0 in their favor. So I was a little concerned going in. But two goals in the second period tied it up, and Schneider's goal in the third finished it off.

Gatlinburg, TN, 2/11/2006

Damn fine weekend so far. Thursday night we caught the Red Wings / Predators game up in Nashville. Despite the terrible traffic (and worse parking!), it was a great time. If the Wings had lost, I might be a little less sanguine about it.
No big plans for this trip; I think we'll end up visiting the aquarium, and a couple of the other attractions, but I'm not inclined to rush around and see every single tourist trap that's available.
And tourist traps abound. Not as unpleasantly garish as Pigeon Forge, but here nevertheless. The place has changed a lot in the eleven years since I've been here.
Me: "Yeah, Sarah and I are up in Gatlinburg."
Ben: [pause] "You? In Gatlinburg? Wow."
Me: "What."
Ben: "I just remember you cursing that place. A lot."
But, the mountains are still pretty. :)
