New Toy

Includes a target so the X-rays know where to aim.

Ski Devil's Head, WI

Different day. Different ski field. Very different ie. excellent ski experience. The slope difficulty ratings were a little overestimated and we made it down ALL the runs including the double black diamond mogul hill.

Lesson learned this weekend: Any ski resort lacking accommodation is, by definition, not worth skiing a second day and therefore probably pretty poor overall.

Great Dane Pub

Apres ski venue: a brew pub in Madison, WI. The bison burgers with fried sweet plantains are highly recommended. The $1.50 sampler glasses are a great way to try the many many brews available. As a warning, approach the "Habanero Hellfire" wings with extreme caution (and an iron stomach).

Ski Cascade Mountain, WI

... or more accurately, wait-in-lift-queue-with-short-downhill-interludes Cascade Mountain.

Snow conditions: Fresh snow on packed ice.
Difficulty rating: Bunny-level
Popularity rating: Overpopulated

Now entering Osage county

An intimate portal to an OK family home as the equilibrium shifts. Surprising laughs.

Nespress yourself

All colors lead to brown.

Free February @ the Art Institute

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P-P-Poker face

Pete was feeling lucky after Kevin's quarterly poker tournament - I suppose being a beginner makes one's "strategies" difficult to predict.

J Apple Crisp paper

A new personal record! Most figures in a manuscript.
For IUCr journals, this feat carries its own punishment - having to upload all 17 tiff images individually over more than an hour.

New Year, New Calendar

I'm particularly chuffed with this year's calendar. Flower pics by an X-ray technician and photographer (just like me!).

...at the local super Target

"Pepperidge Farm... That's in Victoria right?" --Greg
"Its a biscuit!" --Ben

"Vegemite in aisle 2 then?" --Karena

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Acta Cryst Scandal

Only those with less than 2 Acta E papers are beyond suspicion.
http://journals.iucr.org/e/issues/2010/01/00/me0406/

Valentine's Season

With pink/heart-themed merchandise debuting on shelves the day after Christmas, it was clear that we needed to modify our cookie format to keep up with the times.

Ski Hogadon, WY

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Gingerbear

With more than a foot of blowing snow outside, a polar bear sighting was not entirely unexpected.

Doh-notopia

Two dozen pots of Play Doh transformed into a Jurassic landscape.

Merry Christmas

"Peat"... that's not total unlike coal - maybe someone didn't quite make the "nice" list this year?

You know you're in WY when...

...you're fenced in by horse-riding cowboy silhouettes.

Ski Eldora, CO

First trails of the season in Colorado - a small detour on our cross-country trek to Casper, WY. Our ski legs were surprisingly functional for their first outing - perhaps helped by the local microbrew.

Made some new friends too...

In the Heights: a New Musical

Part Rent, part rap, part West Side Story = less than the sum of its parts.