- First visit to the new Panera Bread in Rapid City
- Dinner out with my wife
- Started writing my syllabus for this coming semester
- Started writing a presentation I will give at the Black Hills Astronomical Society
- Arranging the move of a large piece of equipment to my lab
- Skype call with good friends
- My new beard is looking good
- A staff member (Katie) from one of my Senator’s offices called me today about a letter I wrote last month. We had a good and meaningful conversation about climate change and how to face it.
- We sold a bookshelf we no longer need
- My birthday party at the Elks Theater went very well!
- Good cake from Family Thrift
- Many lovely cards for my birthday party
- Several donations for a food pantry at my birthday party
- Friends and colleagues who attended my party
- Watching The Empire Strikes Back on the big screen for my party
- Babysitting our friends’ daughters
- Overcoming technical difficulties to teach my first class of the semester
- I had enough material prepared for the class
- Our first band rehearsal of the semester
- First lunch with colleagues in the Faculty Lounge this semester
- A nice complement from an art professor
What I Have Read in 2017
Books I am Reading
To Read Next
Dr. Stephen Sekula- Bob on Books
- Jackie Lea Sommers
- Altered Faces
- Politifact
Networked Blogs
Always an inspiration to me, Dr. Luke!