Spent the day designing and building marble roller-coasters with these guys. This one went down through 2 floors.
Category: Living
Pipe Insulation for a Roller-Coaster
This morning, spent 6.24 at Home Depot for enough pipe insulation to build a big, bad 72-foot marble roller-coaster.
Fire on Ice
Fire on ice tonight. The Minneapolis Loppet on Lake of the Isles.
Egg, Friend, and I
Today, great conversation with long-time friend at Egg and I. I’ll miss our lunches when she moves to Atlanta.
Aerobic Shoveling
Walked round pLake of the Isles on un-plowed path, then aerobic shoveling. This exercised the body and cleared the mind.
Pavek Museum of Broadcasting
Walked to Pavek Museum of Broadcasting. Warmed up with 100+-year-old equipment. Then, ate udon noodles. A good day.
Sturdy Shoes
Sturdy shoes arrived today. I carry these in my backpack for evenings and cities, and as a backup for my hiking boots.
Ikebukuro Station
This picture evokes vivid memories. April 2013, I’m underground in Tokyo, in Ikebukuro Station, the second busiest train station in the world with over 2.7 million passengers a day. I never walk up on the surface of Tokyo. I’ve just arrived from Matsuyama on the island of Shikoku, the nether regions of Japan, to catch a train back out of…… Continue reading Ikebukuro Station
Ikebukuro Station
Wrote about a vivid two-second memory from a trip: Good travel = a succession of little things.
Prototype Roller Coaster
Prototyped roller coaster to build with the nephews. It needs to be bigger and badder.