Friday, February 26, 2010

The nadir of fast food

So Ginger and I went to the local park to enjoy the slide and the tire swing. On the way home we went by McDonald's, and this caught my eye:


Seriously? Am I expected to find this appetizing, or is McDonald's just trying to push the limits of what Americans are willing to consume? Maybe McDonald's execs are trying to cut the cost on expensive buns, or maybe it's just a prank. I doubt it's a prank though. After all, this is the same company that manufactures the McRibwich:


It's ground-up animal parts, pressed into the shape of ribs, and covered in barbecue sauce.

On another note, here's a picture of the most interesting person in the family.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

So everyone here went on a trip this week. I had an interview at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, and Erin had a conference to attend in Bethesda (she took Ginger with her). She just got on the plane and is her way home now. I returned last night.
Albuquerque is nice. It's climate and geography remind of central Utah. It's smaller than Salt Lake, but not much. Next to Albuquerque are the Sandia mountains, which should be good for biking, and there is a small ski resort, but nothing like what we are familiar with here in the Wasatch.
I really liked Sandia National Laboratories. Everyone there really likes what they do, and everyone was quite likeable. They showed some of their test facilities. They have some pretty amazing stuff out there, like the rocket sled track and ballistics testing. They didn't do any demonstrations though due to the fact that most everything they work on is classified.
Today I had no baby to take care of so I went skiing. The snow was pretty good. Brighton goat about 6-9 inches. I didn't stay long. I get bored skiing by myself, and I usually go on a whim, so it doesn't work out well. Also, the best skiing at Brighton is the side country which shouldn't be done alone. I didn't take any pics of Albuquerque or skiing, so here's an archive photo of me skiing:




Yes, I was in some french movie devoted to monoskiing. Pierre Raisson is my stage name.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

I'm in charge now

I'm taking over this blog now. I actually took over a long time ago, but I haven't had anything to say. Until this point, I haven't felt like I had anything of value to put on the blog. All that has changed because Erin gave me a camera. Now I can put pictures up, which is what people are really interested in when reading blogs. I would like to show you my new camera, but how do you take a picture of a camera? Use a mirror, dummy!

Figure 1: A self-portrait of the camera

It's a pretty good camera. Nothing to fancy, but it does do one really cool thing (at least I think). It can stitch together three photos to make a panoramic picture. Is that a pretty normal thing for cameras? I dunno. Here's an example:

Figure 2: Man's greatest dream: three pairs of feet


It also does video. Here's a video of Ginger. She can say a few words, but one word is her favorite. Maybe you can tell from the way she says them which one is her favorite.