Recent content by ctenidae

A little twist - the other day I felt YOUNG because I went on a bungee jumper trampoline thing, and after doing a couple of back flips the kid running it was amazed and said he didn't think his Dad could do that, but he's old, like 40 or something. I felt great, except after about 10 minutes I...

The fringes of both sides are louder and more powerful than usual, for sure. The worst part is the "leaders" at the fringes are far better, and more cynical, critical thinkers than the people they (mis)lead. To me, the vaccine calculus is pretty easy - getting it is the lower risk, low effort...

I think you're probably right - before long the pandemic will just be endemic. I predict that within a month, February at the latest, you won't see "booster" anymore. Instead it will just be the "third dose." The thing about novel viruses is we don't know anything about them, so initial...

One of my business partners, an MD, summed it up thusly: The potential risks of the vaccine are far smaller than the known risks of getting COVID. There are no known side effects from the vaccines that are anywhere near at least one known effect of the virus. The biggest trouble across the...

Scotty - sorry to hear about your diagnosis - you don't need us to tell you it sucks. Did a quick search, and there are a dozen clinical trials currently recruiting for Huntington's: THIS ONE is a dosing study and very small, but worth a shot depending on your stage and the study...

We got a Helix hybrid a few months ago- love it. Very comfy, and it isolates movement very well, without feeling like you're sleeping inside The Blob.

Catamount's not selling past 3/31. On Friday a couple of staff implied they're about done. If it weren't getting into the 60's this week they probably have enough base to go a couple weeks more, but this will hurt. Going up to Butternut today, we'll see how she looks.

That beagle nose (and personality!) will get him into all kinds of mischief. I'm jealous- our Mastiff's favorite activity is to stand on the deck and let out a "woof" that rattles windows at the end of the street. She's a total sweety and awesome with kids, but 165 pounds is a lot of dog to get...

Dang - that's tough to hear. Here's hoping for a full recovery.

Just wanted to point out you did this recently. Randomly trolling old threads while on a conference call...

Nice Pointer stack there- he will be able to spot every bird, squirrel, bug, and leaf visible from your boat.

Took the kids to Catamount for 3-9pm night skiing. It rained all morning, but cleared out early afternoon. Fair amount of fog, some slush and slop around, as you'd expect. Felt late-Springy, hopefully the cold over the past few days helps them recover. Overall, we had a great time. Enough...

Virginia joined the present, too. First Old South state to do it

The rocket powered sky crane idea is cool, and the rover itself is remarkable, and it even has a helicopter, which is amazing. Incredible that it all worked correctly. Nice work.

I hope so, too. But, Butternut's $400 pass for next year gets you season pass access to the mountain through March this year, when it's useful. If other mountains throw on a similar deal, might be worth getting a season pass for next year just to have access this year.