Archive for February, 2011

My Hunter S. Thompson Moment

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

Kelly and I (and briefly, Neil) have come down with some nasty respiratory bug. Maybe it’s influenza, maybe bronchitis, maybe pneumonia, but whatever it is, it is keeping us down, exhausted, and coughing like seals. My anti-sicknessroutine have consisted of raw garlic; hot water with lemon, honey, and fenugreek; zinc mouthspray; loads of orange juice; [...]

Judging Stanford

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

Today, Neil is up at Stanford again, this time to take part in the Stanford Math Tournament. Neil loves the atmosphere and intellectual events at Stanford, and as a result, I seem to be driving him there and back fairly frequently–so frequently that by now I know exactly where the math and engineering buildings are [...]

by Carolyn Bickford