I want to spend some time today talking about the word tolerance. Over the years this word has changed meaning (to many people) in my opinion. According to the dictionary the word means: (Merriam-Webster) capacity to endure pain or hardship 2a: sympathy or indulgence for beliefs or practices differing from or conflicting with one’s own…
Veteran’s Weekend 2023
This past weekend my family spent a few days up in the Flagstaff area. My wife had this great idea that we should go see a few of the national monuments in that area since we had the ability to get a national park pass, and Veteran’s Day was a free national park day as…
The problem with the BS and BA (are there other B#?)
As you all know I have been a college teacher for a long while now. I teach at a two-year community college. A large majority of the students I have had over the years have gone to the community to work their way through their first 2 years of college before going to a 4-year…
Artie-Palooza at SCC
This last Saturday, Scottsdale Community College held an open house that it called: Artie-Palooza! It was a time to showcase the school to the community. I was asked by my division if I could help and I decided that I would. I offered to do rocket launches and water balloon launching. I was told that…
Motorcycle worst case scenario
So that noise I mentioned in a post earlier this week. Well, I just got off the phone with one shop and they are fairly confident, without having the bike on hand to test out mind you, that it is the bevel gear assembly. This was the worst possible option in my opinion. The place…
Playing Music
As many of you know from reading this blog I enjoy music. It comes from growing up with music. There was always music going when our family was in the car. My mom sang in the church choir forever. My dad started playing guitar in the church praise bands at some point in my life….
Bike repair and Motorcycle non-repair
Over this last weekend it was time to get some work done on my bicycle. I needed to put on a new chain. I had over 5000 miles on that chain and it was stretched a little bit. I had been having some noise while riding as well, and a bit of a catching feeling…
A new 40km record
Last weekend I decided to do my first 40km (25 mile) bike ride since getting back from our summer trip. Prior to this it has been either too hot or I just haven’t had the time to do it on the weekend. I didn’t have too much expectation from the ride since my usual long…
Moral the Wombat and TV / Movie Stars
Like the authors Moral the Wombat has met some TV and movie celebrities of varying degrees over the years. For the celebrities I started taking Moral to conventions I was going to, and I started asking celebrities if I could take a picture of them with my stuffed wombat. Some said no and that was…
Weekend update
Hello all, So this weekend we finished up the garden. There are seeds in the ground, and netting to keep the birds out. The other thing I got to do this weekend was… more fixing things around the house. So our stovetop had one burner that decided to only operate on high, no matter what…