The Boston Globe ran a special report on Private Justin Lowe, a 21-year-old Marine from Webster, Massachusetts. The report follows a typical day in his life in the Kuwaiti desert, with text and pictures:
An interesting look at life over there, as we prepare for war on Iraq.
What my dear Rebecca forgot to mention in her last post was the sheer off-the-cuff genius with which I spawned the phrase in the title of said post.
We were in the Quest for Immortality exhibit, having a discussion about something which neither of us really can recall, when at some point Becky uttered the words “it was not uncommon for” … something or other. In any case, I leapt at the opportunity: “Not uncommon? Notunkhamen? Ha ha ha…” 🙂 Maybe it was funnier if you were there. Hee hee. 🙂
I got some new shoes on Friday! Becky and I stopped at Galyan’s on our way to Kohls. I was hoping to find some shoes to replace my aging Skechers slip-on sneakers. As luck would have it, I stumbled across a clearance sale on Merrell Reflex multi-sport sneakers. They are comfortable… in fact, they are of a heavenly level of comfort. Ahhh… nothing like the feeling of some new shoes. 🙂
On my way to work this morning, I spotted a commercial van labeled:
“On-Target: Underground Location Service”
Wow! What a cool job… wouldn’t you like to be the one to say, “Got something underground? I’m the man/woman to find it!”
🙂
Here’s an interesting link:
Go to that page and enter your birthdate into the window that pops up. The site will list all sorts of facts about your age, for example, what famous people are older/younger than you, and by how much, or what age you were at the time of various historical events. You can hit ‘refresh’ to bring the pop-up box back up if you want to enter in someone else’s birthdate.
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| You are a very simple and leisurely person. You are quite contented with your life and have no ambition to improve it. |
Found this courtesy of Nikkiana by way of Mike.
I’ve never heard of Pitas, but maybe I’ll check it out. 😉 This blog is actually powered by MovableType.
Becky and I had a fun time at the Celtics game tonight, even if they did get royally creamed by the Spurs. Before the game we had lunch with Becky’s folks at a nice waterfront tavern in Charlestown, then went to visit Gabi and Tom in Southie. We got to see the new cousins. 🙂
Finally, I did manage to get the pictures from Chris and Naomi’s wedding online, and you can see them here:
We just got back from Chris and Naomi’s wedding, and boy are our feet tired! There was much dancing to be had at their reception. Naturally, I had my camera with me, and I had planned to put all the photos online tonight after we got back. But we decided to just turn in, instead. The pictures will be online some time on Sunday… I might get a chance to upload them in the afternoon, in between church and the Celtics game we got last minute tickets to see. 🙂
Yeah, my list is a bit different. And unfortunately it doesn’t include my favorite city, Boston! 🙁
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Seattle, Washington
Long Island, New York
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
New York City, New York
Charlotte, North Carolina
Manhattan, New York
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Rochester, New York
Richmond, Virginia
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Cincinnati, Ohio
St. Louis, Missouri
Wilmington, Delaware
Louisville, Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Tucson, Arizona
Norfolk, Virginia
Nashville, Tennessee
Reading, Pennsylvania
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
El Paso, Texas
Kent, Washington
Bellingham, Washington
I just found this page today:
NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts: Funded Studies
It is a list of the projects NASA is funding to develop new and interesting technologies. Some projects include the ‘Space Elevator’, ‘Programmable Plants’, and the ‘Hypersonic Airplane Space Tether Orbital Launch System’ — check it out! I don’t see ‘Warp Drive’ or ‘Matter-Energy Converter’ on there yet, but hopefully some day… 🙂