My Lonely Summer Begins

The school year is over, and the "space camp season" has officially begun. The Cosmosphere held a cook out to kick it off, and now no one will be hanging out with me until like September. So if you feel the need to chat, call, or visit me at any time, sometime in the next three months would be optimal. There will be a new couch on the 5th with lots of room on it. My TV is reasonably big, and I have lots of movies. Please let me know if you're interested.

Indianapolis 500

For the first time in a long time, I'm living somewhere that I can actually watch the Indy 500 live. I flipped on the TV a couple weeks ago and happened to stumble upon the first day of qualifying, and it was really strange to realize we were in the middle of May and pretty much no one was even talking about the race. Even though I know the race isn't as big a deal as it used to be when I was little and there was only one IndyCar league, there's still at least talk in Indianapolis about it. There's still the 500 Festival. There's still the Mini-Marathon. It's not surprising that none of that gets national press or anything, but it's just odd to not hear anything about any of it for the first time ever.

Regardless, being a lifetime hoosier, I still have a little soft spot for the 500, and it's been kinda fun to watch it. Now they're in the middle of a rain delay, but it looks like they might get to run a few more laps before calling it a day.

It's really too bad that the race isn't that big a deal anymore. It's kinda sad to watch how much they talk about history and tradition; they need something to make it big again. Maybe if Danica Patrick were to win, that would do it. But I doubt it, NASCAR has just taken over racing in the US. The speedway is lucky they got on that bandwagon while they could. Anyway, I'll keep watching it to see what happens.

You'll Never Believe What Scott Said!

The subject line was just for Jeff...sorry. There was no drama in the couch shopping. In fact it went remarkably well. I believe we have settled on one. We just need to measure to make sure the new couch will fit but I think we'll be purchasing this weekend (mostly because it is on sale).

Contractor Needed

Currently seeking skilled carpenter with experience in boat making. Large project, requring boat big enough for two of every animal...

A sign of the apocolypse has arrived...Hutchinson is flooding. I know have a lot of respect for a car that (only just two days ago) I was calling a 'little girl car'...my Pontiac Sunfire. Through wind, rain, rain, rain, rain my little car actually got me home. It downpoured today making it close to impossible to get home. I arrived, after only a few detours, just shortly after Scott who I am sure will chronicle his own adventure. I drove through water I should not have, and Mom you had every right to lecture me. I was not getting stuck at work! If it keeps raining, as expected, the next few days should be interesting.

Jared, you and Ryan should consider yourself lucky. You two are among the few guests who will get to see portions of the museum for awhile, at least until the carpet cleaners get in there. Apparently, the area under the Titan rocket (outdoors) flooded and sent water into portions of the Mercury/Gemini gallery. To all you artifiact watchdogs, do not fret, it is just carpet damage.

400m Games

I've started a new project. It may take me forever to build, but I'm going to start working on a new site with some games on it. I mostly want to keep up with Flash, because I'm not doing as much Flash work in the office as I used to. I think it'll be a good chance to combine a lot of stuff I've learned and put together some cool stuff for people to play with. Once things get moving, I'll start posting some stuff about it so you can check it out. It should - if nothing else - make for some good competition among those of you who participate.