Friday
The end of another fast work week.

After getting up at 05:00 this morning to watch the US-Germany game, I went back to bed after the game to catch a few more blissful minutes of sleep. It wasn’t easy as the 07:45 sun was shining brightly on the other side of the blinds… but, I managed to drift off in search of the gates of The Dreaming once more. An hour later, the alarm sounded, I turned it off and rolled over… and fell asleep again. I regained conscious thought around 09:30. Hooray for circadian rhythms!!! And, in the words of Elastica, “Waking up and getting up has never been easy…” It took me another :05 to finally muster the resolve to get out of bed.

Listened to more of Goblet of Fire today. Obi-WanDumbledore finally showed up. More riddlespeak; it just wouldn’t be Dumbledore without the riddlespeak. There’s yet another Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher in this book; they seem to go through them like a baby goes through diapers. This one, Prof. Moody, has an unfinished edge about him… and lots of attitude; I like him.

NPR/PRI Programming
Talk of the Nation – Science Friday had an interview with Freeman Dyson, a physicist who was part of the “Orion Project,” a plan from the late 1950s that proposed using nuclear power for rocket propulsion. That doesn’t sound too bad, after all, we have nuclear powered submarines… why not rockets? There’s the rub. They wanted to explode the rockets and effectively ride the concussion/shockwave. Can you say “Fallout,” boys and girls? Fortunately, this project was mothballed.

I finally seem to be winding down, this would be an ideal point to retire.

Peace.