I knew all along that today was Thursday. In fact, one of the kids asked me what day it was earlier and I answered Thursday.

So why does it feel so much like Friday?

We have no set plans for the weekend. It’s been a Long time since we’ve been able to say that. There is a tentative plan for something tomorrow, and I think one of the blue car’s turn signals is out… just in time for the inspection sticker to expire next week. So there are two things. But otherwise the potential for a quiet, stay at home and do nothing weekend is very high. I like that.

We just have to get through two more work days. Urgh.

Once again my wife is in need of some good luck. I don’t want to publicly air what it is she needs good luck for (yet) but I do want to branch out into the ether and see if I can pull in any good vibes for her.

So I will leave yet another of these vague, somewhat cryptic posts asking all who pass by to take a second and wish my wife good luck today. She has a lot of fish frying right now and could use a little universal good will when she adds another one, and then the karma could help in making the ultimate decision.

She’s amazing, she’s brilliant, she’s talented, and everyone who knows her sees it. So let’s just wish her good luck with what she’s doing today.

Good luck sweetie!

Last night we did nothing. Somehow that was a strange sensation.

I got home a little before Jen and turned on the fans because our house is the muggiest place on Earth. She came home from the store and started cooking some corn on the cob and opened up some windows. I went outside and nervously sparked up our grill for the first time in almost a year. After some much needed cleaning I cooked some burgers and dogs, and joked with our neighbor saying I was afraid the whole sucker was going to blow up).

We ate our cook out at the table and then sat there talking about all the interesting details of the sale of Jen’s company and the integration between the old companies and the new company. We went to bed early but kept talking about her options for the future.

Then we fell asleep.

We did nothing, and it was still a wonderful night for me. Why? Because I was with Jen, that’s why. She’s amazing. I love her. I am the luckiest man alive.

Despite seasons of neglect it still works.

I saw a link to this article on twitter today.

Apparently an amateur astronomer, named Anthony Wesley from Canberra, Australia, taking pictures of Jupiter last night noticed a new spot near the South pole. Apparently it is completely black and bears a resemblance to the black spots caused by the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9’s impact in 1994. Apparently many people agree that it was in fact caused by an impact. Apparently there are people using great big honkin’ infrared telescopes confirming that it was in fact caused by an impact.

Here is a link to Anthony Wesley’s (temporary) website where he lists the details.

(Apparently slashdot ran a story about this that included a link to his website and the traffic hosed his server.)

So, apparently on the day we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first humans setting foot on a giant rock in space that is not called Earth, another giant rock in space crashed into a giant ball of gas in space.

Also, apparently by coincidence, on the same day some red haired nerd in Massachusetts set the world record for use of the word “apparently” in a blog post.

What a world… what a universe.

I wish I could have witnessed it. I hope that I’ll get another chance.

Apollo 11: 40 years ago today humans walked on the surface of the moon for the first time. We’ve sent machines to other worlds, but Apollo 11, 12, and 14-17 are the only times we’ve sent people to other worlds. It still boggles the mind that we were able to pull of such an achievement. It further boggles the mind that we stopped doing it 37 years ago.

Let’s go back, shall we?

Today’s huge event is going to my nephew’s 1st birthday party. His birthday was actually Friday and his folks gave him a little private cake… and he smooshed it all over himself without eating a single bite. I am hoping for a similar smooshing today.

It should be fun.

We are sitting in baggage claim waiting to pick up Larry and Nawal who
are returning from their (slightly) delayed honeymoon trip to Hawaii.