aha! Gotcha - Paradoxes to puzzle and delight by Martin Gardner
One of my favorite books about paradoxes and puzzles is by Martin Gardner, who died May 22, 2010 at the age of 95. I saw a news story in our local paper. Why our paper I thought? It turns out that he lived here in retirement fromn 1979 to 2002. I read this book years ago and only recently tracked down a used copy on Amazon. Who would have thought that back around 1995 I would be reading a book by an author who lived where I would move to 8 years later?
Half Marathon
Ran my fist half marathon (13.1 miles) today. It wasn’t fast, at 2 hrs and 20 minutes. I had to walk a little uphill during the last mile, but I managed to finish.
More on FaceBook
Read more on FaceBook. I post more things there:
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Olde Towne Christmas
Christmas Carriage Ride
Alex goes to College
Alex moved into his dorm room at NC State.
Carowinds
Went to Carowinds yesterday. It’s a nice amusement part in Charlotte. It was great! There weren’t hardly any lines because the weather was forcast to rain all day, but it hardly even sprinkled.
The Hurler at Carowinds
Hunter has a car
Check out Hunter’s car. Its a Toyota Celica.
Hunter's Car
Back from Robot Regional
Last weekend was the First Robotics Regional competition in Clemson, SC. This year we came in 30th place out of 44 teams. Didn’t get to play in the finals. This is a picture of the team lined up at the player station:
Ready to Play
Its Snowing!
Haven’t had snow like this in a while. Its probably snowed 3-4 inches by now. Here’s some pictures:
Tree in my front yard
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Truck under snow
Ice Cave
It’s been good and cold the last couple of weeks, so we decided to climb the mountain behind our house to visit the “ice cave”. It’s not really a cave, just an indentation where some big rocks stick into the mountain. Water drips over the face of it and in the winter it freezes into icicles. I haven’t seen them reach all the way to the ground before:
