New Antarctica videos!

Hey everyone, If you have interest in what it’s like here down at the bottom end of the world, here’s a few more videos for you. These one’s are a bit long and may bore a few of you (as they did a few down here). I basically took several 3 min clips of the … Read more

Orientation at MCM

Today was just an orientation of my job and the work around me. I don’t really have much to report at this point, but I wanted to get some of the videos from my flight out (the second time I was on the C-17) as some are probably the first time you might have ever … Read more

Arrived at MCM!

I’m HERE!!! but of course Bill’s left the scene…. ARRRGH! I know it’s just because the know what havoc is created when we arrive, but sheesh, couldn’t they at least give me visiting privileges? Seriously though, I arrived around 2pm (McMurdo time) and his bag drag (the last thing before leaving) was apparently at about … Read more

an NZ update…

So some of you asked if I slept, and yes I slept on and off the entire trip out here. Not bad at all actually, no real jet lag to speak of as we took off at night and landed in the morning but ahead by a day so the adjustment wasn’t bad. (I’ll be … Read more

NZ is beautiful!

Hey everyone,I’ve made it to Christchurch NZ. It’s 10/06/05 about 1:30pm and I leave herethe day after tomorrow (probably). I have to admit it wasn’t a good way tostart this trip as the flight from denver got delayed by 4 hours because thetransponder on te original airplane was found during pre-flight to be dead. Wehad … Read more

A new democracy…

I’ve been reading Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand and as I’m nearly two thirds through with the book I am repeatedly struck by some thoughts, which upon more reflection has lead me to propose some possibilities for our future. Atlas shrugged’s vision is predicated upon the notion that industrialist are inherently responsible for what they … Read more

I have a new website today…well not really a new website, sort of a rebuild. http://www.wonderfullyrich.net/ is now the home of pixel projects rather then my personal stuff. http://striking.wonderfullyrich.net/ is now my personal home on the web. My world is in fact very different and this website is one of my signfigant changes. For many … Read more

The Morality of Religion

I wrote this to a friend who’s become fairly religious an once questioned how I would raise a child in a moral sense. Josh, You once asked me something to the effect of how I would instill morals into my own child. My answer was something to the effect of exposing them to reality, providing … Read more

Lost in politics…

So it’s not even really election day. It’s 2 hours after election day and right now it looks like ohio is going to be this election’s florida. I’ve been watching the polls close doing my own projection and early on I realized how close this was going to be and how much this was going … Read more