March 2005

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Sun 20 Mar 2005

Goblin Valley

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I went down to Utah’s Goblin Valley State Park on Friday to do a little camping with Cory and his family. Here are a few pics from the event:

Me, hanging out.

The vistas

Silhouetted

Goblins from afar

Goblins zoomed up a bit

Valley of the goblins

My buddy, Cory Bickmore

 

Sun 20 Mar 2005

science toys

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I recently got a shipment from http://www.scitoys.com/

Among the cool toys were:
a drinking bird:

a wicked cool magnifying sheet(fresnel lens) that I used to burn a hole in a piece of paper in about 30 seconds

and some rare earth magnets with some ball bearings

I made a linear accelerator with the magnets, but it didn’t work as well as expected. I need to try again

 

Tue 15 Mar 2005

poem of the day, care of Sara

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS
by Portia Nelson

Chapter 1

I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I fall in.
I am lost … I am helpless.
It isn’t my fault.
It takes me forever to find a way out.

Chapter 2

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don’t see it.
I fall in again.
I can’t believe I am in the same place
but, it isn’t my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.

Chapter 3

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in … it’s a habit.
my eyes are open
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.

Chapter 4

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.

Chapter 5

I walk down another street.

 

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