Archive for October, 2003

Futility of the Cubs

You just have to wonder if this curse of the Bambino thing is real. I mean, one of their own fans interfered with the Cubs and cost them the game last night. Now it’s a decisive Game 7, with all of history facing one way and the hopes of all those Cubs fans […]

Living in the Eastern time zone

Okay, now that I’ve been in Louisville for a few days I remember the worst part about living in the Eastern time zone–everything starts so much later than it’s supposed to.
Like Monday Night Football doesn’t get started until 9 p.m. Meaning games aren’t over until midnight. Luckily, I’m also getting in to […]

Safely in Kentucky

Well, I clearly ran out of steam when it came to posting photos during my trip. After Oklahoma City came two days in Memphis (saw Graceland, ate at a cafe in Beale Street, drove down to the casinos at Tunica, MS) and another two in Nashville (saw the Opryland Hotel, toured the Music Row […]

Roadtrip Day 3: Oklahoma City

No big side trips today, just a straight shot from Albuquerque, thru the Texas panhandle, and on to Oklahoma City. About 550 miles altogether, my mileage has been really good on this leg. About 33 mpg, which is incredible. Don’t know if it’s because this leg has been a gradual downhill–Oklahoma City […]

Roadtrip Day 2: Petrified Forest/Balloon Fiesta/Albuquerque

In terms of mileage, today was much shorter than yesterday, a mere 400 miles. But still a long day because I had two lengthy sidetrips. First was the Petrified National Forest:Amazing how many of these petrified trees are lying around. And there’s lots of nice hiking trails that let you get right […]

Roadtrip Day 1: Mojave/Flagstaff

So my relocation trip to Louisville has finally begun. Today was the longest, I was on the road from 4 a.m. until around 6 p.m. and covered 803 miles.
One of the reasons it took me that long to go 803 miles was that I did a quick sidetrip through the Mojave desert:But it was […]

Why the cookie crumbles

I can’t believe somebody is working on their doctorate in this field of study, but apparently some doctoral candidates in Britain have found out why some cookies crumble. Who knew that this was such a big topic of interest?
I guess it makes sense from a commercial point of view–too many crumbled cookies means lost […]