Archive for February, 2005

More bling

Monday, February 14th, 2005

I’ve been saving pennies for the last couple of years for a color change garnet. I wrote to Richard Homer, who famously facets gemstones concavely instead of in straight planes, to see if he ever worked with them. He said he was just about to go to the Tucson gem show and would [...]

Precogs

Sunday, February 13th, 2005

“They had, it appeared, detected that an event of historic importance was about to take place before the terrorists had even boarded their fateful flights.”. - Can This Black Box See Into the Future?
I’m blown away. I remember reading something about this a couple of years ago but did not realize the implications were [...]

Nondental

Friday, February 11th, 2005

Jo and I went into the dentist’s office this morning. They gave her a little cup with some Valium in it for sedation. About 5 minutes after she had it, she started feeling it; 15 minutes and she was a limp noodle lying on the waiting room couch. She starting gnawing on [...]

Dental blues

Wednesday, February 9th, 2005

My 5 year old gets two crowns and a root canal tomorrow. For some reason, one set of molars didn’t form properly and basically had no enamel when they came in, and they’ve just worn away. Poor little kid. It’s hard for me to deal with, since I’ve never even had a [...]

History repeats itself

Friday, February 4th, 2005

I am sitting and listening to my daughter read Hop on Pop out loud; the first book she has ever read by herself. It’s the very same first book that I ever read, too. I’m sappy. I’m crying.

Viva!

Tuesday, February 1st, 2005

We went to Las Vegas over the weekend to attend SHOT Show and meet up with some friends of ours. A quick foodie rundown:
Thursday night we had a group of 11 and went to Cafe Ba Ba Reeba, a tapas restaurant in the Fashion Show Mall on the Strip. It was good, but [...]