Three Mile Island

The nuclear engineer inside of me loved this post on the Three Mile Island event on March 28, 1979. Here’s my favorite part: Suppose in learning to drive a car you are being trained to respond to the car veering to the left. It’s simple enough, simply turn the steering wheel to the right to…

Lessons From Vacation

Over spring break my family spent some time in Chicago for a few days. My daughter had learned some about dinosaurs in her kindergarten class earlier this year and we thought it would be great for her to see an actual dinosaur, Sue, at the Field Museum. We also spent a day at the Shedd…

New Beginnings

Life changes. I’m finding out how silly it was to ever imagine that it wouldn’t change. Lesson learned. I haven’t worked in almost three months. It was relaxing at first. Finally, a break. The relaxed feeling has become anxiety, fear, and frustration. I’m done being stuck. I’m ready for the next step. I’ve filled my…

Blog Theme

I wanted to give a shout out to the blog theme. It’s called min. by Jared Erickson. It’s free AND simple which were my only two requirements right now. In the near future (i.e. when I can afford it), I’m getting Standard Theme. It’s beautiful, responsive, and built really well. You should check it out. Now I just…