30 October 2004

The Worst Trip Ever...

Maybe the worst drive to C'ville ever!
We were almost to Natural Bridge, not quite half the way, when Rudy got sick in the back seat. I am so glad we bought the seat covers! That doesn't help the stink, though.
We stopped at the next exit to clean up at the gas station there, & while I did that J walked the boys in a field.
About the time that I was done, she came over & said, "BlackJack rolled in a pile of shit!"
So now we have a dog covered in crap, & a car that smells like dog vomit... . What a great combination, eh?
We found a hose & washed him off as best we could with paper towels.
Thankfully it was a nice day, because we drove the next 100 miles with the windows down, & the worst smelling non-farm vehicle in the state.
The boys got baths after our arrival, but if we hadn't been going for a family birthday, I would have just turned around & gone home!

23 October 2004

A Helping Hand

We're spending the day helping M* run his graduate experiment on freshman engineering students.
These kids are, for the most part, very focused.
If this random group is representative, then the freshman class is one quarter women ? and about half of those are pretty darn cute, especially the little blonde in the corner with the blouse off the shoulder thing goin' on...

When testing the first set, two of eight bridges failed, but as one of the girls whose bridge failed noted, "At least it's pretty!"
And they wonder why it took women so long to break into the engineering field?
Ah, they've just discovered the caffeine & sugar... Things should pick up ;-)

05 October 2004

The Boys


BlackJack & Rudy napping after a ruff afternoon
playing chase-me at the local dog park! Posted by Hello

02 October 2004

seen on campus

A young couple walking hand in hand down the sidewalk.
Each carrying on separate conversations on their cell phones... .