Day 178 – Catch Up

By jspeer
Published: September 27, 2005
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Hours of Daylight – 11:59
Another equinox has come and gone. The actual day of the equinox turned out to be simply gorgeous. Also it was a day where i had virtually nothing to do. No assignments were coming in from the students in Health Info 120, i’d caught up with the grading, i had no [...]

Day 170 – Airshow

By jspeer
Published: September 19, 2005
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Hours of Daylight – 12:23
So, i took the motorcycle down to Mountain Home AFB yesterday to attend the last day of "Gunfighter Skies," a large airshow held annually at the base. I love and hate airshows in equal measure.
First and foremost i simply love airplanes. All airplanes. Now, that being said don’t for one minute [...]

Day 168 – Easy

By jspeer
Published: September 17, 2005
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Hours of Daylight – 12:29
I don’t think i can accurately describe how easy it is to live here. I’m not sure why i’m even thinking this right now, other than because it has been yet another in a series of easy days.
No traffic to speak of. The weather is magnificent. The cost of goods remains [...]

Day 163 – Anniversary 4

By jspeer
Published: September 12, 2005
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Hours of Daylight – 12:43
We returned to Bruneau Dunes State Park on Saturday afternoon. Two reasons for the trip were 1) the Boise Astronomical Society was holding a "star party" at the Bruneau Observatory, and 2) i simply refuse to wake up in my regular place, start the day in the regular way, and go [...]

Day 161 – Rain!

By jspeer
Published: September 10, 2005
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Hours of Daylight – 12:50
Sometimes even i’m surprised by my reaction to the weather. Yesterday, had a neighbor been watching, they might have thought i gone a bit wacky. No i didn’t tear off my clothes and run in the street, but i did stand out on deck like a scarecrow while drops fell from [...]

Day 156 – Berries

By jspeer
Published: September 5, 2005
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Hours of Daylight – 13:04
Read the OpEd pages of The Times today [Sunday, September 4, 2005], i dare you. Never before have i seen so much unity in the OpEd pages. Read Frank Rich, and Bob Herbert and perhaps most importantly Paul Krugman and then wonder what the future of the country is going to [...]