Happy Pi Day!

Back in the summer of 1999, I went to Sweden as part of a month-long trip galavanting around Europe. While there, I visited a woman named Johanna and we had our picture taken in the bell tower of the building where the Nobel Prizes are given out. That picture is here: mouser_johanna.jpg

Last month I got an email from a guy who paints pictures of photographs he finds on the web. He wanted my permission to paint a rendition of that photograph. Now I don't know why he chose that particular picture, but check this out: Immortallized in paint

For some reason, I feel like I should be holding a pitchfork in that picture...

Anyway, Nina's away at a conference in Houston for the week, so I'm taking this opportunity to catch up on a bunch of hobbies. I did a considerable amount of work on my latest and greatest rocket, the 7'8" tall GroganBuster. Most of the bodywork is done; the last of the epoxy layups on the booster section is curing right now. When everything is dry in the morning, the only thing left will be attaching the forward bridle mount to the nosecone and finishing the payload section. It's almost ready to get painted.

I took a really cute picture of Soleil Fou sitting in the sink.