At the end of June/beginning of July I spent four days in Estes Park, Colorado rock climbing and hiking. Click here to see some photos. We had a terrific guide, Bob Chase, from the Colorado Mountain School. I would highly recommend him.
Read three astronaut biographies.
‘Off the Planet’ by Jerry Linenger describes his 5 month stay aboard the Mir space station. Linenger is a bit full of himself from time to time, like when he learns he was selected to be an astronaut. Instead of telling his wife directly, he asked the pilot […]
There is an article this week in the American Weekly
–American University’s On-line newspaper–about my office’s work. We’re in the midst of a large enterprise system conversion project. You can read it at:
http://veracity.univpubs.american.edu/050206_staffstories.html
There’s a photo there, too, of me and my coworkers.
This week saw Slide Hampton along with the Capitol Bones at Blues Alley. It was a night of trombones. Among the tunes played were ‘Impressions’, ‘Joy Spring’, ‘Making Whoopie’ and ‘All the Things You Are’. At 74, Slide is still getting it done with the horn. Jazz composer/arranger, Mark Taylor was […]
Sunday got back from skiing in Colorado. It’s always a great feeling to get out of the city. Left Tuesday morning on a 9 a.m. Frontier flight non-stop from Washington National to Denver International. From there took the Colorado Mountain Express van service to Frisco. Took about two hours with a […]
The MCI Center, here in Washington, DC, has been renamed the Verizon
Center since Verizon bought out MCI. How long can this name last? It
was reported on the news that in order for Verizon to compete with
AT&T’s recent purchase of Bell South, they will need to make a purchase
of their own, for example, with […]
Sitting here watching the closing ceremonies of the 20th Winter Olympics in Turino, Italy. I think the Olympics is really a great event. Yes, there are a lot of problems and it isn’t perfect, but overall…terrific.
I think I enjoy the cross country events the best. Maybe it’s because I cross […]
Julia Sarr is a singer from Senegal and Patrice Larose a french flamenco-style guitarist. They appeared last evening at the French Embassy as part of a tour promoting their new album, Set Luna. Despite the album title appearing a mix of English and French, it’s actually Wolof for So I’ve Observed.
Sarr began the […]
Today is the 20th anniversary of the Challenger disaster. It’s startling it was that long ago. I do remember some things from that day, but not to the extent that some people seem to remember. I was in a general education music class that day at Tawes Theater at the University of […]
Recently read two books. The first was ‘Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures: A True Story From Hell on Earth’by Kenneth Cain, Heidi Postlewait and Andrew Thomson. This is a memoir about three friends who worked with the UN peacekeeping missions in places like Cambodia, Haiti, Somalia, Bosnia and Rwanda. The perspective […]