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2024 was a pretty busy year.
My wife and I went to Africa, completing our visit to all 7 continents.
It was a very cool trip and we had a great time.
In July we went to Iceland and help build and then burn down a Viking longhouse.
We attended a historical conference in Leeds UK that was very interesting.
We had the second highest number of Phoenix Swords show this year. The only year that beat it was the one were some of our folks wanted to do it full time so we really pushed things. (Then, they changed their minds…)
We didn’t do any shows farther south than Delaware, which is a change for us. No shows in Florida, Alabama or Mississippi. But, I can’t say I miss those long drives. 6 hours to Delaware is driving enough.
We got to visit the Bayeux Tapestry in France. That’s something I’ve wanted to do for decades.
I changed jobs for the first time in more than a decade. For the first time in 15 years I’m not an engineering manager, but a design engineer. I prefer that and never really wanted to be a manager, so was quite happy with this change.
It’s also the first time in 15 years I haven’t been designing some version of robot freezers. Now it’s big power batteries. I’m OK with that too.
Because of the new job I went back to China for the first time in 19 years.
So, all in all, a busy year.
Happy new year to everyone!
Let’s hope 2025 is good!
My wife and I went to Africa, completing our visit to all 7 continents.
It was a very cool trip and we had a great time.
In July we went to Iceland and help build and then burn down a Viking longhouse.
We attended a historical conference in Leeds UK that was very interesting.
We had the second highest number of Phoenix Swords show this year. The only year that beat it was the one were some of our folks wanted to do it full time so we really pushed things. (Then, they changed their minds…)
We didn’t do any shows farther south than Delaware, which is a change for us. No shows in Florida, Alabama or Mississippi. But, I can’t say I miss those long drives. 6 hours to Delaware is driving enough.
We got to visit the Bayeux Tapestry in France. That’s something I’ve wanted to do for decades.
I changed jobs for the first time in more than a decade. For the first time in 15 years I’m not an engineering manager, but a design engineer. I prefer that and never really wanted to be a manager, so was quite happy with this change.
It’s also the first time in 15 years I haven’t been designing some version of robot freezers. Now it’s big power batteries. I’m OK with that too.
Because of the new job I went back to China for the first time in 19 years.
So, all in all, a busy year.
Happy new year to everyone!
Let’s hope 2025 is good!
My least favorite day
Feb. 15th, 2023 08:45 pm20 years now.
It's much, much better than it got in the first few years after.
We've got things to look forward to.
We're doing OK.
That radioactive, smoking, crater of what was our life is now well behind us.
The scars are what's important. It's the fact I'm here to have them.
But, I'm still sad...
https://fbhjr.dreamwidth.org/702907.html
It's much, much better than it got in the first few years after.
We've got things to look forward to.
We're doing OK.
That radioactive, smoking, crater of what was our life is now well behind us.
The scars are what's important. It's the fact I'm here to have them.
But, I'm still sad...
https://fbhjr.dreamwidth.org/702907.html
Another professor gone
Jun. 15th, 2022 12:50 pmI just learned that a professor I liked has passed away: https://www.telegram.com/obituaries/pneo0225834?fbclid=IwAR3yfAQkqqf7ZB6mFBkCtRW4hAUsWh3b6YUBhy22aszLvrC4jJCjSuC6wuc
It was a bit of a complicated relationship I had with him as I very much enjoyed his “history of science” class, but did not pass.
The class required 7 books, and at the time I could only afford the first 3.
So, I did poorly in the tests and failed the class.
He called me to this office after the semester was over and asked how someone who seemed so interested in class could do so poorly.
I explained about being able to afford less than half the books.
“Why didn’t you ask me? I’d have loaned them to you,” he asked.
“I had no idea that would be true,” I replied. “I thought it more likely I’d be told that it was too bad for me. The library doesn’t have them and no one else I know is taking the class.”
“I wish you had asked.”
“I wish you had told the class help was available.”
Despite not passing, I had still enjoyed his class and still thought of him as one of my favorite professors.
I am sad to see he passed.
It was a bit of a complicated relationship I had with him as I very much enjoyed his “history of science” class, but did not pass.
The class required 7 books, and at the time I could only afford the first 3.
So, I did poorly in the tests and failed the class.
He called me to this office after the semester was over and asked how someone who seemed so interested in class could do so poorly.
I explained about being able to afford less than half the books.
“Why didn’t you ask me? I’d have loaned them to you,” he asked.
“I had no idea that would be true,” I replied. “I thought it more likely I’d be told that it was too bad for me. The library doesn’t have them and no one else I know is taking the class.”
“I wish you had asked.”
“I wish you had told the class help was available.”
Despite not passing, I had still enjoyed his class and still thought of him as one of my favorite professors.
I am sad to see he passed.
