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I’ve never been much for the whole work-life cult thing, but my employer is ponying up to send me to one of these tupperware-time-management seminars, so I guess I’d better go, or rather, “plan” to go. Must. Resist. Urge. To. Write. This. Down.
When the S1 wears out, there’ll no doubt be an even snazzier replacement.
(dpreview.com): The D70 is Nikon’s answer to the new sub-$1,000 digital SLR market, its clear competition being the Canon EOS 300D (Digital Rebel) announced last August.
Not sure what kind of functionality you get with the olf MF lenses. All I need is a histogram, though.
(Newsday.com): Hypochondria is a mental, not physical, illness. Getting sufferers to believe that is part of the challenge. Even psychotherapy has limits: A quarter of the patients in the new study quit after being told the problem was in their heads.
. . . but three quarters of the patients “knew it all along!”
Here is a link to photos from our recent trip (previews). I’m playing around with different thumbnail generators, so this link will probably change. I’d really like to find an application that will integrate short Quicktime movies into the preview layout, but, alas, none seems to exist.
We finished off our last day of snow sports at Teton Village, where Colli switched to skis and enjoyed an all day group lesson. Ashlin was also in a kids day group. She did very well, and I was more than a little surprised when I saw her at the top of the Apres Vous (map) (8,500 ft.). You have to take two lifts to get there, and the slopes are so steep in places that you can reach out and touch the side of the mountain as you traverse. Her group made it down just fine with their instructor, though, while I bounced around off of trees, bumps, and “terrain features.” These were blue, or intermediate runs, but the black diamond (and double black diamond) runs were accessible at various spots. It was intimidating to be crawling along a trail and look off the edge to see skiers plunging off onto near-verticle runs! Later I took the gondola (map) up to the summit (9,000 feet) where the view is even more spectacular. Up high, people dress differently, some with elaborate costumes like Mardi Gras, others with superhero-like capes. You don’t see any rental equipment, either. They even have a “demo” tent so the real skiers can test the latest gear. After resting almost two hours, I enjoyed carving up the green runs the rest of the day.
We finished our day with a great meal at the renowned Snake River Grill (website), and ice cream afterwards.
We never made it out to Yellowstone. Turns out the entrance on this side of the park (60 miles away) is closed by snow until late April. The only other way in, besides snowmobile, is 300+ miles away in Montana. Maybe next trip. We did ski four days in a row, which was great fun. We’ve committed to doing this three times a year, even if it’s not in such an exotic location.
We fly out today, arriving late tonite. It’s only two flights, we hope. We’re tired, but we had a great time, and no injuries. I’ll be posting pictures and little QuickTime movies soon.
(BBC): “As the world’s largest fast food chain overhauls its menus, test yourself on how much you know about burgers, fries and the people who sell these to us.”
We skied the mountain here at the Snow King today (trail map). It features the steepest run in North America, which was hard to see from “Meow Meadow,” where we spent most of the day. After lunch, I did tackle a few blue runs, and I feel much more confident now. I didn’t have one major wipeout all day. We had the most excellent breakfast at the Bunnery (website) and a fantastic lunch at a Mexican place called The Merry Piglets (website). Good food everywhere and good service, especially when you drop your omelet! Another fun day. We’ll swim now and get ready for a full day at Teton Village. We brought WAY too many clothes, it turns out. We just wash the ski pants each night at the great, cheap laundry area downstairs.
