I recently went through some of my boxes at my dad’s house and came across some old posters. Worth highlighting are four “We Are Scientists” posters. If you’re not familiar with “We Are Scientists,” then you probably didn’t go to Harvey Mudd. Neither did I, but my best friend Drew did, and that was enough. [...]

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On the eve of my wife’s first day of work, I have decided to write about some of the changes that have occurred in the past six months of our lives. This is more a story of my changes than hers, but they’re so intertwined that it would be silly to not include some of [...]

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I recently finished a book I probably should have read when I was 13. Who would I be now if I had read the character of Cyrus Smith the Engineer as a teenager instead of an adult? The Mysterious Island was written by Jules Verne and published in 1874. The novel takes place during the [...]

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It’s been a while since I had a good road trip. Now in the last week and a half I’ve gone to Seattle and back. I’m not a short guy so you’d assume that sitting in a car for 12 hours with 3 other humans and one dog wouldn’t be my idea of a great [...]

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Nothing says I love you like being afraid of heights and going on a hot air balloon ride. This is what I did with my wife for your one year anniversary. Last year for our wedding gift, our Ultimate Frisbee team all pitched in and gave Claire and I a one hour hot air balloon [...]

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My good friend Emlyn shared this video with me, knowing that I love creative videos that have been well story-boarded. It reminds me of this amazing video that one of my favorite directors Michel Gondry did several years back.

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