A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms

I seem to be dragging cold, crappy weather with me. I could opine further, but decline. At least the harshest weather Southern Florida and Southern California has to offer is... not so harsh actually. My molecules are just better acclimated to 80s rather than 60s.

I am in Irvine, CA. Right across the street from Orange County's John Wayne Airport. Been a pleasant stay. The work, for a change, is at a more leisurely pace. I am with our new hire, who freely admits to never having been out of his own time zone. I, on the other hand spent a little over a decade living either 20 min north of here or an hour and a half south. I have been having old home week, for sure.

We went breakneck pace until we wore ourselves out. I have taken him to Venice Beach, Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Long Beach to see the Queen Mary and Spruce Goose (where we stumbled on a filming of CSI: Miami), The top of the mountian in San Pedro, Huntington Beach, and all points in between. It has been outstanding. But working in the day and scurrying all over SoCal in the evening finally took its toll. Last night we stayed in. I watched UNC-Duke and American Idol and he did his trigonometry homework (Yikes!). Tonight he will continue to hit the books and I will watch Survivor. Tomorrow afternoon, Friday, we are headed back up to Venice Beach and on Saturday we fly home.

I will be home in Florida for a week, where it has climbed back into the 80s like it should be, and then hop a god-awful long, 2 layover flight to Anchorage where it will probably also be in the 80s. Minus 80s!! I suggest you prepare for some serious whining. The company is good about sending me to the where I want to go places, but are horrible about getting the when I want to right. Miami & Phoenix in August, New Hampshire & Alaska in February.

Up, up and away! Super Cat.

My "Friday Night Lights".

Caution: Objects in the lens are dumber than they appear.

We knew he was warm 'cause he'd come from afar. (Think about it......)

M-m-my Papaya. Think the tree is dead now.

What cereal, hooman??

I like trees.

Dang!

View from my hotel room

Beverly Hills

Rodeo Drive. No celebrity sightings.

More Rodeo Drive

Where Eddie Murphy used to work

Beverly Hills cop. He was giving some 20 year old in a very expensive car a ticket for talking on the cell phone as she was driving. That was funny.

But not every day

Drive in and Celebrity Bar

Tag....you're it

Well whadya know!!!

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve*, out

Ramblin' Ed

* - J. R. R. Tolkien