My lovely wife, Carey, and I went to the NASCAR Gatorade Duel in Daytona today. We had a great time and I was very pleased with the experience overall. I visit Daytona yearly during Bike Week and usually watch the motorcycle races at the Speedway, but I haven’t been to a NASCAR race in years. […]
Continue readingFat Lips and Cancer
I have a fat lip – and it’s making me nervous. Yesterday I discovered what felt like a small lump below my lip. It was painful to the touch. It felt like an ingrown hair along the shaving line of my bottom lip. Throughout the day I felt it and it was sore, but there […]
Continue readingMoon Program Scrapped – Is this Bad?
You’re probably read all about it by now. The White House has slashed the Ares/Constellation program from the budget. Is this the end of our dream to return to the Moon? What does this mean for the future of manned space flight? I live in Orlando, a scant 35 miles from the Kennedy Space Center. […]
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The Skinny on Astrology
I was born on March 26th. That make me an Aries according to Western Sun Astrology. I was also born in the Year of the Dog, according to the Chinese Zodiac. Accordingly, because of the positions of the stars and planets at the time of my birth, I have certain characteristics. For example, according to […]
Continue readingMy Son; the High School Wrestler
I’m very proud of my oldest son, Matthew. He has been on the Boone High School wrestling team for two years now. He started in 9th grade, not even understanding the basic concepts of wrestling. It was a sport I never participated in so I couldn’t help him, even if I hadn’t been stricken by […]
Continue readingChemo Brain or Just Forgetfulness?
A consultant, a friend of my boss, came into the office today. She is, apparently, going to help us with some proposals we are working on. She came in and I introduced myself to her, shaking her hand. She looked at my funny and said “I met you last week.” I have no memory of […]
Continue readingI am Dad
My daughter is upset with me this morning. She somehow had misplaced her favorite jacket and was complaining about not having anything to wear. She was grumpy and in a surly mood. Her mother tried to hand her an alternate jacket and it was rejected ungraciously. Carey then tried to point out to our daughter […]
Continue readingIs Crashing A White House Party Criminal?
hey have a flair for the dramatic. They are glory-hounds. They shamelessly seek notoriety and fame. The Salahi’s crashed a White House party they were not invited to, mingled with the political elite, and even shook hands with the President himself. What they did was definitely ill-advised and showed poor judgment – but are they criminals?
Continue readingNature Shot at Leu Gardens
Carey and I have a new camera, a Canon Rebel XSi. We don’t really know how to use a digital SLR, but we’re slowly learning. The following are some shots we took today at Leu Gardens. You may remember from earlier posts that Leu Gardens is where I proposed to Carey in January 2009 and […]
Continue readingThe Binary Biker Moves to WordPress
The Binary Biker has moved to Wordpress. It’s a whole new world!
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February 11, 2010 