I have been riding a bike basically my entire life. I remember my dad teaching me how to ride a bike by running behind me and holding onto the seat and then letting go and catching me if I was starting to fall. I ended up doing the same with my girls when they were…
Month: October 2023
Motorcycle Issues and Great Parents
So, I was supposed to be in Pinetop right now. Probably asleep by now. I would have made it up after work and enjoyed a wonderful dinner and dessert made by my daughter. BUT I am currently in Chandler, not asleep, and a bit grumpy. On the way up, right after I filled up with…
Fall break and time away (sort of)
I spent the weekend up at our cabin in the White Mountains. I will write about it more sometime in the future. Right now I am just writing a little something about the weekend. My girls are on modified year-round school schedule now, and that means they get 2 weeks for fall break (actually 2.5…
Newton’s 1st Law of Motion – my version (and apparently Newton’s as well)
Time for another physics lesson. I like teaching about Newton’s 3 laws of motion. Most people know the first and third. They get quoted all the time in different places. The thing is that most people don’t understand what they mean. I think a lot of people think they know what they mean, but in…