Academic Year Wrap-Up June 1, 2011
Posted by mareserinitatis in family, older son, personal, pets.Tags: academic year, archery, Gigadog, macrocat, memorial day weekend, school year, storm
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The boys have both finished up school, but they are both doing some academic work outside of school. They should both have that done by the end of June…but at least all the school-related craziness is done. (The CAT exam is for the younger boy, not the cat.) May is always so crazy because of all the running around to different end-of-year activities.
We had a good Memorial Day weekend…for the most part. I even managed to go into work and spend a whole day, uninterrupted, on dissertation work. Other stuff we did:
We spent some time with each other.
We spent some time getting to know Picopig.
We spent some time on our hobbies and shooting the breeze.
And the breeze shot back…at approximately 72 mph. Fortunately, the swingset was our only major damage…a few friends still have no power.
And the big news from the weekend is that Gigadog passed her STAR Puppy exam. Starting this week, she gets to join the next level obedience class where we get to do some fun things like jumping through big hoops and over bars.
Gigadog update May 24, 2011
Posted by mareserinitatis in pets.Tags: dirt, Gigadog, macrocat, Mike
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Gigadog continues to grow, and my fear of some sort of injury from trying to keep a 40+ pound puppy in check keeps growing.
Her manners are improving: rather than laying on the cats and nipping at them, she’s just laying on them (mostly).
(Gigadog laying on Macrocat.)
She’s also working on her communication skills. This is her, listening to Mike.
Yes, she’s still brown – the contrast on the video was pretty bad.
And finally, her favorite pass time seems to be eating dirt.
My own physics LOLcats April 12, 2011
Posted by mareserinitatis in humor, pets, physics.Tags: lolcat, macrocat, microcat
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I posted this picture a long time ago on my old blog, but decided to move it here as a LOLcat.
Textbook destruction February 17, 2011
Posted by mareserinitatis in electromagnetics, humor, pets.Tags: antennas, macrocat, textbooks
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There are two books generally used for classes on antenna theory: Stutzman and Thiele or Balanis. They’re both awesome books. S&T doesn’t cover as many topics, but I find it’s easier to understand right out of the chute. Balanis seems to make a better reference. While we seem to use both books fairly regularly, I haven’t had the inclination to get the most recent copy of Balanis, so we’re still putzing around with the second edition.
Mike was talking to Layne, one of the undergrads who works for him. Mike mentioned that our copy of S&T recently fell victim to Macrocat’s bladder issues. Layne responded, “Ouch! That’s $150! It would’ve been better if he hit Balanis because you can get a second edition of that for $40.”
Somehow, I don’t think we’re going to be able to convince the cat to take cost into consideration when he’s wrecking our stuff. On the other hand, I think I would’ve preferred if he’d hit Balanis because then I’d have an excuse to upgrade.
So what weird ways have your textbooks been destroyed?
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