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Spent much of the day traveling home from another unsuccessful attempt to carve my initials into the moon.  It gave me the opportunity to observe differences and similarities between various airports around the country. 

Below the cut: a few lists, proferred solely for the sake of general interest, and without commentary.

Christopher Merle, a fine fellow whom I met in Arizona recently, sent along this link to a very interesting perspective on media coverage of the Las Conchas fire near Los Alamos.  It’s a well-researched and thoughtful take on the situation, and much in line with my own thoughts.  (But more eloquent and thought through far better than I would have been able to achieve.)

I enjoyed a fantastic 3rd of July cookout yesterday.  Many fun and fascinating folks were in attendance, and once the wind and rain blew through, the weather was just about what one would want for the occasion.  A fine event all around. 

The party took place on a bluff overlooking Lamy, New Mexico , and just a stone’s throw from a mysterious structure deep in one of the neighboring ravines, and which is just barely visible from surrounding hilltops.  So I joined two adventuresome Scotts on a trek to find the entrance to a lost subterranean city site.  

That’s right.  We had our very own adventure JUST LIKE THE GOONIES.

Today I took advantage of my enforced vacation and decided to fix one of my house’s screen doors. 

Fix as in “use tools in an intelligent and productive manner”. 

Well, it was a good idea.  Noble, even.

I’ve spent the past couple of hours trying to get up to date on latest developments with the Las Conchas fire, which has caused the evacuation of Los Alamos (the town) and the shutdown of Los Alamos (the lab).  Tonight I found a few particularly eye-opening photos on the website for KOB TV.  (The photos were uploaded to their website by generous amateur photographers, without attribution.  So the photos weren’t taken by me.  I couldn’t have taken them if I wanted to: I’ve been ordered to stay home, and the road is closed anyway.  I’d attribute them properly if I knew whom to credit.)

Anyway, if you take a look at these photos, you get a poor-man’s time lapse of the fire approaching LANL.  More specifically, you can watch the fire approaching the building where I work.