Posted on August 19, 2018
Today, we visited the Maritime Museum of San Diego, located right on the water in San Diego Bay. It is comprised of 10 or so ships wet-docked and lashed together for you to explore. They have some beautiful ships here with lots of history, including: the still active barque The Star of India, a replica […]
Posted on August 18, 2018
The USS Midway aircraft carrier was opened to the public in 2004 as a wet-docked military museum in the San Diego Bay. It was the longest serving aircraft carrier of the 20th century (1945-1992) with a complement of 4000+ men and women. Today, hundreds of volunteers (many of them retired military) keep it in good […]
Posted on August 17, 2018
If you use Google Scholar to provide your references, double check them to make sure they are correct. It can be tempting to copy/paste the citations directly in a crunch. But nothing is more embarrasing/insulting/damaging than misrepresenting an author and their work. At the time of writing this post, here is what the citation information […]
Posted on August 2, 2018
Today we visited the Reptile World Serpentarium in Kissimmee, Florida, which has been in the area since the early 70s. They have a very large collection of poisonous snakes, and are one of the leading suppliers of snake venom to universities, companies, and organizations producing antidotes. They also have a number of turtles, tortoises, rabbits, […]
Posted on July 30, 2018
Saw a huge grasshopper while walking my dog today. Must be a grasshopper because it is solitary. Though I saw a few more throughout the week… so maybe it was gregarious?
Posted on July 27, 2018
“The Mayor” is a very beautiful, very large, and very old Southern Live Oak near the Mennello Museum of American Art at Loch Haven Park, home to the Orlando Science Center. Many websites report it at 200 years old, but unless I’m reading the commemorating plaque wrong, it is likely 300-400 years old. I believe […]
Posted on July 20, 2018
Just a few outings of us playing Pokemon Go this year. Most of these people are either on the Orlando Raids Pokemon Go Discord, or the Pokemon Go-UCF Discord, or both. Both servers are highly active in the Central Florida area. If interested in playing together, my trainer code is:
Posted on July 18, 2018
This is a true story. Yesterday I brought a leftovers lunch in a rectangular glassware container that we have owned/used for years. We’ve never had any problems with it, or any others like it. Up until today I actually preferred this container over plastic containers. That is no longer the case. I heated up my […]
Posted on June 22, 2018
Beautiful sunset sky captured with my new Google Pixel 2.
Posted on May 31, 2018
My cubical in the Design Lab at IST at UCF… because, as General Sherman said, PhDs are hell. I decorated it with abandoned materials found in the hall from a previous project with PEO STRI by Dr. Charlie Hughes and his SREAL Lab.