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YES WE CAN!

A great day for America, a great day for the world. Congrats Obama, it’s time for you to lead the way for change. Yes we can!

Canyons of the Ancients National Monument

Canyons of the Ancients National Monument

I finally got around to posting some pictures from the quick Sand Canyon hike I took in Canyons of the Ancients National Monument with co-workers in late September. It was a nice little trail that often followed an interesting little bluff strewn with little reconstructed ruins. Since I love wandering around curiously-shaped rock formations and … Read more

Where we went this summer

It’s been a couple of months since we returned from our post-wedding roadtrip through the South. It was an interesting trip, one that didn’t much resemble our usual national park trips: we stayed in a hotel every night, we spent most of our time at historical sites (as opposed to natural sites), and, well, we … Read more

Our post-wedding trip thus far

If you haven’t figured it out yet, we aren’t taking the trip we had intended. Originally, the plan was to head up from Yosemite through the Cascades and into the Canadian Rockies, a hiking and camping trip anchored by visits to Lassen, North Cascades, Banff, and Jasper national parks. Unfortunately, Kim came down with strep … Read more

RIP George Carlin

You brought much-needed social commentary into our lives and managed to make it funny, too.

Working from home

I know that I haven’t yet explained my recent job change here, but I will soon. One of the benefits of the new job is that I’m now working entirely from home. While this presents some challenges, overall it’s a great development for me. I downloaded some time lapse software a couple of nights ago … Read more

Al Gore discusses climate change at TED

A great update to Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth presentation was heard at TED in March. It’s about 27 minutes long, but his updated thoughts are well worth every second. Check it out below.