Tuesday, January 22, 2008

420 in Bozeman

We got back from CdA this afternoon and I ran the 2+ miles to the gym, lifted and then ran home. When I got home, I realized that the fronts of my legs were really cold. Then I saw my reflection and I had frost in my beard. I then looked at the thermometer and saw this:

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Welcome!

To my Mom who is a first time reader of this blog. Family is key to life and I am glad that she will now be able to read this!

Friday, January 11, 2008

Thanks Sandy

This is just too funny!

I love the chin move at the end.

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Tuesday, January 08, 2008

None of these will surprise Sandy...

1. See post below.

2. My favorite TV show of all time was Hardcastle & McCormick. This is probably because unlike MacGyver, The A-Team and Knight Rider it has not been made it to syndication.

3. I have exercised induced asthma. I have no doubt that this was caused by living in the pollution of the SL Valley. This pollution is the thing I miss the least since moving.

4. I am getting a PhD in applied mechanics (not snow science). However, my research is in the mechanics of snow.

5. If I could do anything, I would spend a day skiing with my dad. One day at Alta I saw an older gentleman skiing with his father. I realized how much I would love to do that given that my dad gave me a love for skiing.

Monday, January 07, 2008

Here and there

I spent the last weeks with a bit of unexpected travel. AJD and I spent the Christmas holiday in CdA where I got to ride with my father-outlaw when he was plowing the roads. It was pretty cool and it is amazing how everyone waved to us. I am not sure why cyclists don't wave to each other, but everyone waves to the plow!

The rest of the weekend I ate and if I went more than 20 minutes without putting something in my face, my sister-outlaw was sure to let me know about it. Of course, with my mother-outlaw's cooking it was not very difficult to find food items to eat.

The current cool thing to do in the blog world is state 5 things people do not generally know about yourself. The first I will write about was the highlight of my Christmas day--my "initiation" into "the Family." This involved a trip out to the field and shooting a bunch of guns. I even got "hicked" out for it:



















From the hip:



















Just a couple to choose from:



















Even AJD took part:














Thanks to K, M and S! I have never been big on guns, but it was a blast!

More on the rest of my travels and the other four things soon to come.