The house here in Idaho has a soft water system already hooked to the house. As a family we decided very quickly that we all hated it and I turned it off and bypassed it within a couple weeks f being here. But the family did want a whole house water filter. we had one…
Voting – Go Vote
Hey people – go and vote (assuming you are legally allowed to). It is something we get to do here in the United States of America. It is generally safe, and it is generally corruption free*. I don’t care who you vote for as long as you are doing some research on your voting. Don’t…
A “New” Way of Solving a Physics Question
I have been teaching physics for a while now (this is year 22 for me not counting teaching while still in college). Over those years I have given the following question on and off pretty regularly. “Captain Bialar Crais has a mass of 81-kg, and he has been captures in a secret laboratory. He wants…
Strut Work (and an added bonus job)
This last weekend I had the pleasure of replacing the shock/struts on the front of my 4runner. The car has 160000+ miles on it and I have never done the struts before. I am not convinced they NEEDED to be replaced, but there has been quite a bit of squeaking type noise coming from the…
3 Months In Idaho
I have lived in Idaho now for 3 months. I realized last week that I have now been away from AZ longer than I have ever been before in my life. We have been residents of Idaho since the second week of July and so right now we are at 12 weeks. We did go…
Prop 1 Update
I have learned more since my posting about Prop 1 here in Idaho. And it is getting a big no from me. The reason is mainly two fold: So a hard no for me – at least the way it is currently written. Maybe in the future if the law gets rewritten and they make…
September Top Listens!
Time for another note on the music I listened to the most on my phone last month. MXPX for the win again. With that said I am surprised that Major Tom (Coming Home) was a four time listen last month. I do enjoy that cover of theres a lot. I know I didn’t pick it…
Prop 1 here in the Boise area
I am a huge proponent for voting. I think that everyone should vote if they are legally allowed to. I think that all people that can vote should educate themselves about what is on their ballot before voting and not just blanket vote for a party or for other items without some knowledge. I am…
The Orchard Begins
Another thing that I did last weekend was start the new orchard at our new home. For those that knew our house in Chandler we had the following trees in our backyard: Plum, Fig, Peach, Orange and Pomegranate. And we had a pretty good size garden as well. Well last weekend I started the process…
Comments From Students – And a God Need Filled
I am a few weeks into teaching labs at Boise State University. It has been an interesting time. I am basically leading students through weekly labs that are tied to what they are supposed to be learning in their lecture portions of class. This is a very traditional method of teaching physics at universities. I…