Memorial Day weekend

Today was the first day of the Memorial Day weekend. I stayed in bed till about 10:30am, and spent most of the day realizing that it felt like the first day of Summer Vacation when I was a kid. I mentioned this to Sue, and she felt the same way. It was just one of those great lazy days where I had nothing of real consequence to do, so here's what I did...

1. Watched "Being John Malkovich" with Sue on DVD. Good movie, although none of the characters are people I'd like to know in real life.

2. Went to Hoboken. The mission was to go to the Ben & Jerry's store there to find the Stephen Colbert flavor, Americone Dreams. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! It's quite tasty too, with vanilla ice cream, bits of chocolate covered waffle cone, and caramel swirled through it. I also stopped at the Barnes & Nobles, and got $50 work of book. The third book in a trilogy by Alastair Reynolds, a new book on the Revolutionary War, and a collection of scientific essays by Neil Degrasse Tyson. Should all be good reads...

3. Came home, ate the ice cream. Watched the SCTV DVD's that I've been going through, and took a nap on the couch.

4. Finished watching the netflix DVD's of the British version of "The Office" that we started watching last night. Great show, there's something about the uncomfortable human interaction in these comedies that just works for me. People should know better, but they don't, and it makes for great comedy. And, there's some great personal stories running through the show, such as the Dawn/Tim relationship. Great fun to watch.

5. Tucked Sue into bed, she's an early sleeper. Now, I'll just fart around here for a bit, maybe read, who knows....

NP: Anglagard - Sista Somrar

Hello little buddy!

Here's a cute photo for y'all!



This is from a few weeks ago, I was visiting a cemetery in Hoboken, as part of my genealogy research, and there were a lot of groundhog holes in the place. I caught this little guy peeking his head out of a hole near a headstone that wasn't relevant to my research.

Doesn't he look just adorable???

I've really been lax in my genealogy research recently. I need to figure out a few good things to focus on looking for, and give a real effort to search out those items. Maybe I'll take this weekend to do that...

NP: Brian Eno - The Big Ship

Boat Trip!

On Thursday of last week, I went on a harbor cruise for work, I was chaperoning students. A pretty easy gig, but it was fun to be on the boat. Here are my photos of the event...

At the dock of South Street Seaport in NYC, looking towards the boat, the white structure in the distance... Looking east towards Brooklyn.

Again, from the dock, with the Brooklyn Bridge visible.

Now, on board ship, taken from the top open air deck, looking at the dock.

Top deck again, looking up the East River at the Brooklyn Bridge. It was a nice evening, temp in the high 50's, I wore a sweatshirt to keep warm.

Passing under the Brooklyn Bridge. Pretty cool photo...

I like this view looking south, downtown, with the buildings and the sky... Pretty.

I thought this was a neat photo, because the current, from looking at the buoy, is actually moving against the current of the river. The tide must have been coming in, and the Hudson River/Harbor is one big estuary, affected dramatically by tides. This was an interesting view of the tidal effects in the harbor/river. Interesting to me at least...

About as far as we went upriver, we could see the UN Builiding in the distance. I'd like to go on the Circle Line sometime again, to go around the entire island... That would be fun, to me... Maybe during the summer it could be a fun thing to do.

Ruins on the Brooklyn side of the river. Cool.

Domino Sugar! Watch the teeth rot!

We then headed into New York Harbor proper, and here's the restored Staten Island Ferry building. They've been working on it for quite a long time. It appears to be almost done.

Ellis Island. Hello, Immigrant Ancestors!

And we'll end with the Statue of Liberty.... Thank you, France!

NP: King Crimson - Dangerous Curves (14 Nov 2003)