159% of Star Trek

Dad, Nathan, and I went to see Star Trek at the Spacedome IMAX theater tonight.  We’d all been looking forward to it for a while, but I’m not an opening weekend kind of guy, so we waited a few weeks while the crowds thinned.  Mission accomplished:  there were perhaps two dozen other attendees. Unfortunately, at … Read more

Eating with the first grade

I surprised Nathan and had lunch with him at school today. First of all, God bless teachers and administrators.  I successfully engaged Nathan and his classmates and prevented our table from heading in a Lord of the Flies direction, but I only did it for 30 minutes.  If you do it 40 hours a week … Read more

Race day!

The 93rd running of the Indianapolis 500 is today!  I’ve heard noon CDT/1 EDT for the start time.  Television coverage on ABC starts an hour earlier, I think, and if past races are any indication, there still could be a lot of pre-green flag grabass even at noon. So who the hell knows exactly when … Read more

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