I spent the day with colgaffneyis at the Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games. It was a good time, but exhausting. Continue reading
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Apheresis
I made a platelet donation (apheresis) at the Red Cross this afternoon. BP 122/80. I walked there from work and back to the bus stop afterwards, so I got some exercise in the process.
More applied electrochemistry
I derusted another file tonight by electrolysis. The setup was topologically and electrically identical to Sunday’s, but the file was much bigger. So I put everything flat in a large, low tub. The current was a little lower (4 Amps), but it got the job done.
Sorry, no pics tonight:
- I was doing this along with several other things.
- mia_mcdavid was using the camera for fabric stuff.
The Old Guard comes through!
At colgaffneyis dance group tonight there were seven women and only two men, me and vitamin_g_prime for most of the evening. We are the two oldest active male members of colgaffneyis — long since eligible for AARP membership, We danced every dance while the women took turns sitting out. Eventually another couple turned up, increasing the Y chromosome count by 50%, but the two of us kept on dancing to the end.
Irish Class, May 4, 2009
Irish Class, May 4, 2009
Rang Gaeilge, 4ú lá Mí na Bealtaine
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There were four students present. All of us had been in the same section of
Saturday’s workshop. So the class was
devoted to a review of some of the topics presented there, linking them to what we had previously
discussed.
Administrivia
- No class 5/25
- Last Spring class at Central 6/1
- Winona 7/17-19
- First Fall class at Central 9/14
Verbal nouns
| Cloisim é | I hear it. | it/him |
| Chuala mé é | I heard it. | |
| Tá mé á chloisteáil. | I am hearing it. | |
| Tá sí cloiste agam. | I have heard it. | it/her |
| Tá sé le cloisteáil. | It is to be heard. |
See Basic
Irish, chapters 19 and 20, for more on the subject.
Food for the times
Tonight I noticed a pattern in my recent eating.
| Dinner Today (Monday): | Spaghetti again with the leftover sauce from Saturday |
| Snack Yesterday (Sunday): | A couple bites of spicy Italian salami |
| Dinner Saturday: | Spaghetti with a red sauce including pork sausage |
| Dinner Friday: | Pork and vegetable pot stickers. |
Let’s make this official: I am going to try to eat some pork product (pork, bacon, ham, sausage) every day until this media circus about swine H1N1 flu fades away.
Making a knife
I am making a woodcarving knife. I started with an old file. Continue reading
Rust Removal by Electrolysis
This is something I have been wanting to try for a couple years. I finally got around to it today. The general technique is well known. See, for example, the following:
Bhí muid ag ól as píobán dóiteáin
Irish workshop
About to start Gaeltacht Minnesota‘s Spring workshop. My section will be taught by DG, who has taught my section at the Winona workshops the last two years. This should be good.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 