Syzdekistan

Thanks to XKCD.

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I have been keeping snakes and other reptiles for over 15 years. Hot Wife is very understanding and allows me to have an entire room for my collection of critters. However, once in a while I’ll leave a cage lid loose and something will get out. These mistakes aren’t very serious (and, coupled with the […]

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I’ve been lucky enough not to have to buy a car since 1999 and am dreading when that day comes again. Paul has been describing his joys in looking for a vehicle and had a link to this great article about the inside story of selling cars. Check it out — it’s a fascinating article.

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Those of you who know me, know I’m a big NPR fan and get most of my news from NPR and by listening to out local NPR affiliate, KNPR. Hot Wife enjoys NPR but not to the nearly excessive amount that I do. Recently, KNPR was having one of their pledge drives. I waited a […]

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Back in December 2003, Hot Pregnant Wife was very pregnant. So pregnant, in fact, I was already on paternity leave. The Princess was a few days late and Hot Wife was ready to be done with being pregnant. We did the usual things to induce labor. She walked the neighborhood putting door hangers on doors […]

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Here I am, flipping through Boing Boing (the online equivalent of Hot Wife’s reality television watching) and saw this illustration from Denver’s Westword (it’s an illustrated guide for the Democratic National Convention delegates):

Since Hot Wife used to work for Dina Titus in the Nevada Senate, I pointed the picture out to her.
She looked at […]

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Back in September, I wrote about the unusual meteor impact in Peru. My comments got picked up by a New York Times science blog and, more recently, I was interviewed by a reporter from the Brown Daily Herald. His story ran today and here are some excerpts:
The handful of shepherds who happened to lead their […]

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Hot Wife is back online with her new blog, Fear and Parenting in Las Vegas. Check it out.
Apparently, my name there is Homer. Maybe you can skip it.

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Great news from my January peripheral blood stem cell transplant! I got a call from the transplant coordinator and the 67 year old recipient of my stem cells is doing well. The transplant engrafted, or took, so her cancerous bone marrow that had been destroyed by chemotherapy or radiation has been successfully replaced by my […]

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Congratulations to my niece Teresa who just received word she was accepted into a local magnet high school at the Advanced Technologies Academy where she will focus on IT technology. It’s a great program and we are very happy she was accepted.

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