An Update
Posted in Before the Drive, Car Stuff on Oct 14th, 2007
Category Archive for 'Before the Drive'
Are we done (packing) yet?
Posted in Before the Drive, Trip prep on Oct 12th, 2007
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Living with |
Boxes, boxes everywhere and not a home to live…
They say that you should conquer a seemingly unconquerable task by breaking it into smaller, more do-able tasks. What they don’t tell you is that you have to focus on those little tasks. I learnt this the hard way during our recent packing experience. We dutifully created smaller tasks but I couldn’t keep from reminding myself every five minutes…”First, we pack the speakers, then the vases, then the china.. (oh – Shreesh wants to do all the albums too?), then we pitch all unecessary stuff. That means – lets see… the three storage closets downstairs, then the bedroom closet, then the kitchen, then – ohmigod – the walk in closet – what do we do with all the towels? and sheets? and all that junk? aaarrrggghhhhh!”
Well, so much for the small tasks!
A Small Delay
Posted in Before the Drive, Trip prep on Oct 12th, 2007
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Man in a |
The schedule slips slightly. Not bad by the yardstick of Software Development.
It is now official – the October 15th departure date has now been pushed back to October 20th. The packing, planning and organizing has taken much much longer than expected. What a surprise this is! The packers are here on time but unfortunately we still […]
Panasonic Lumix LX-2
Posted in Before the Drive, Photography on Sep 30th, 2007
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Yet another beautiful day |
Exposition on documentary vs. creative photographs. The Panasonic Lumix is a good choice for documentary photographs.
During our past trips and photographic excursions we discovered that our photographs fall into two categories – those that document events and those that are created as an expression of art. […]
Adventures in Automotive Technology
Posted in Before the Drive, Lifestyle on Sep 27th, 2007
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Professor Frank Gagliardi |
The process of getting an education in Automotive Technology is described. The personalities and travails thereof. A discussion of why the class is endangered.
The biggest and scariest unknown on this trip was automotive technology since neither Neena nor I had the slightest inkling, the briefest […]