I want:
June 27th, 2008- a spacesuit
- a fire extinguisher
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some simple things that make me happy
June 27th, 2008- Putting together a homemade spaghetti sauce with lots of veggies and spices.
- Throwing my Outback in low gear and powering up a hill (particularly if said hill leads to Williamstown).
- The sound of a squash ball hitting the wall.
- Watching a lathe on automatic feed turn down material.
- Turning on a radio and instantly hearing a song I’ve been thinking about but haven’t listened to in a long time.
- Writing useful functions that work properly and integrating them into my codes.
- Watching a charcoal drawing take shape.
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events on my mind
June 19th, 2008- Squash ladder match #3
- Binghamton Airshow
- Ithacafest
- Williams Reunions
- AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit
- Jonathan Coulton concert in New York, NY
- Spore Creature Creator Trial release
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roofball rules, as explained to me at the '73 reunion
June 10th, 2008- The court is the back side of Tyler House; the ball is a tennis ball
- Service is from beyond the sidewalk on the right of the court
- The serve must hit the slate roof on the far left of the court and must hit the slate elsewhere on the roof to be legal (the “two-slates rule”)
- The other team must catch the ball and return it to the roof from the point where they catch it
- If the ball intentionally hits a window on the building, it is a fault on the throwing team
- A team scores a point when their opponents fail to catch the ball on their serve
- The game is to 11 points, and must be won by 2 points
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