How to calculate Pi...

This is just stupid. But it made me laugh. And I just had to share with all you geeky types...and you know who you are!

http://www.wikihow.com/Calculate-Pi-by-Throwing-Frozen-Hot-Dogs

According to the directions, those of you who are vegetarians COULD use celery since you aren't likely to have frozen hot dogs lying around.

Laughing at myself

One of my wonderful friends, T, is a larger-than-life man who (I think) resembles Ernest Hemingway, not just physically but in spirit (without the self-destructive tendencies).

T just let me know that on my next birthday he will be cycling from Casablanca through Marrakech to Timbuktu, including 100 miles through the Sahara Desert.

*I*, OTOH, am worried about driving by myself 165 miles down the Thruway to Bennington to visit some friends!

:-)

Green Lakes in November

Green Lakes is a pair of meromictic lakes in a State Park near Syracuse. (Meromictic lakes are ones which do not experience turn over or mixing of upper and lower levels of water.) This is one of my most favorite places to walk as the trail is fairly level. The water is the most exquisite Caribbean blue-green I have ever seen.

On Sunday, I walked the front lake to test out how well my knee was doing. (I hyper-extended my leg a few days before and I was hobbling around.) Sean went with me in case I needed to be carried back to the car.

I am happy to announce: I made the entire 2 miles under my own steam. Oh, all right, so it took me an hour! At least I did it on my own!

Green Lake near the trail to Round Lake

I loved the way the red of this tree played against the teal of the water. (The colors were more incredible in real life.--Sorry!)

Looking across to the west shore of Green Lake

During the walk, Sean found a pair of reading glasses. It was my suggestion to hang them on a tree. He picked this one because it had a little nub (technical term, I'm sure!) that stuck out far enough for him to hang the glasses on. I call this tree "TreeBeard". :-)

TreeBeard

I do NOT have an accent!

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Northeast Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak.
Philadelphia
The Inland North
The Midland
The South
Boston
The West
North Central
What American accent do you have?