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	Tuesday, August 10, 2004

Memories of Dad I'm staying at Keystone Lodge which happens to be the place where I last saw my Dad alive. He came up to see me when I was here for the annual summer conference two years ago. Two months later, he died. Last year, when I was back here for the summer conference, I was very aware that this was the last place I'd seen Dad. But this year, I'd sort of forgotten about it - at least emotionally. Intellectually, I remembered, but not emotionally. Well, until this evening when I took a walk around the lake after dark. I passed by a bench surrounded by flowers overlooking the lake where Dad and I had sat during his last afternoon here. My heart just stopped when I saw that bench. 7:40:32 PM    comment []

Got Oxygen?! The altitude here at Keystone is about 9500 feet. That's some pretty thin air. Fortunately, I'm doing pretty well - no headaches, nausea, etc. My chest feels like it has a mild to moderate case of bronchitis but nothing hideous. Way better than my first conference here two years ago when I had a non-stop headache and wanted to barf all the time. So, I think my new approach to altitude acclimation is working - basically spend a few days at Denver, then spend an afternoon hiking between 7,000 and 12,000 feet. After that 10,000 feet doesn't seem so bad! 7:27:24 PM    comment []

The Techie Male to Techie Female Ratio Well, here I am at yet another techie conference, The Cable Labs Summer Conference. And as with all the other technical conferences I've attended, the male to female ratio is pretty amazing: 1 woman for every 20 men. Pretty amazing. 7:21:39 PM    comment []

The Big Flush Travel Bug So, when I dropped Barney off at the Loveland Geocache, I picked up another travel bug - The Big Flush. The Big Flush's goal is, "To travel from cache to cache, and travel the world and see as many of the fancy restrooms as possible." Is this a job for the Slat Rat or what? The Big Flush will definitely visit many of the potties made famous in the Bathrooms I Have Visited section of my blog. And here's a picture of Flush. Definitely not as photogenic as Barney. 7:12:25 PM    comment []

Meow While driving up to Keystone on Sunday, I was passed by a cherry white Jaguar with the following totally great license plate: 7:01:09 PM    comment []

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