Friday, March 5th, 2010

Mr. Wizard & the Whiz-Bang Machine

Mom: If you’re reading this first, I’m sending you an email as well. My international calling card only has 3 minutes left on it & I’ll have to get it recharged before I can give you a call. But I love you & will call as soon as I can. And don’t worry Mom, I’ll be [...]

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Ready for Spring

It’s been cold-cold & rainy here the last couple of days.
In fact, Eric lit a fire yesterday morning & finally let it go out just before bedtime.

(I love my Fire King.)
But our backyard has become one giant mud puddle & needless to say, I’ve swept the floor eleven times today.
Earlier last week it actually got up [...]

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Ready for HwangSa

What’s HwangSa?
Well, take a look at this satellite image from NASA.
See all the nice plumey white clouds?…Now look at the big yellow / tan one.
That’s HwangSa…Asian Dust…Yellow Sand.
Every year between February & June Korea gets sand storms blown in from the deserts of China & Mongolia.
Factor in all the pollutants from China’s not-so-regulated manfucturing system [...]