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Book: Where Mathematics Comes From / Lakoff and Nuñez
This book represents the second of two reading epiphanies I’ve had this year (the first was The Omnivore’s Dilemma). I pulled this book from the shelf at the library looking for a good follow-up to The Mathematical Experience. That book pulled the carpet out from under my mathematical education, and much of my personal philosophy…
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Compare Everytrail and ActiveTrails
I’ve uploaded my last outing to both Everytrail and ActiveTrails to do a little feature comparison. You can follow the links and play with each yourself. I come out leaning towards ActiveTrails, which has a nice simple interface and does things like printing with grace. Everytrail has a few more features for editing content, and…
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Moody Hill Snowshoe
Ejected from Redstone Creek, Doug and I continue up County Road 27 to CR 44H, which sports some hopeful forest service signs. We’re a little short on time at this point, but we soon see a parking area and a steep forest road heading into the trees. As we’re getting ready I also see a…
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Trail Reconnaisance: No love in Redstone Canyon
I want to see if there is any hiking to be had on the west side of Horsetooth Mountain, in Redstone Canyon. The topo maps show an unlabeled trail heading west, and a trail called Bardwell Trail climbing east toward Arthur’s Rock. Redstone canyon is full of gorgeous, deep red sandstone rock faces. And NO…
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Live Music: CSO and Julia Albers
Tonight we are treated to a sampling of classical staples. The appetizer is the overture to Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute. Perfect to whet the appetite. Next is Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major. The cellist, Julia Albers, is built like an athlete, but gives us a performance that is both strong and…
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Movie: Fire (1996)
What most impressed me with this movie is how it managed to tell a story of Indian women rejecting tradition, while drawing parallels the entire way with the traditional folk tale of Sita and the Fire. It’s a passionate love story that also provides a good look at daily life in India.
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Movie: Desert Hearts (1986)
Well, I managed to avoid reviewing this for quite awhile! Hmm. I clearly remember one impression: if this wasn’t a love story between two women, it would be complete sap and I would never watch it. The lesbian angle, some good 80’s nostalgia, and a few steamy scenes kept me into it
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Mt McConnel
Back in Fort Collins, we shake off the holiday sloth and torpor for an outing to Mount McConnel. It’s one of those hikes that always makes you work a little harder than you expect. The summit is cold but bathed in a golden afternoon light today. Finding a spot to pitch a tent for the…
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Indian Hills Thanksgiving
The cast at Dad & Sarah’s this year includes Grandma Zita, Tanti Bertie, Jezze, Sarah’s son Adrian and his dog Jasmine. The usual fare was preceded, at Adrian’s request, by an appetizer of giant prawns and scallops that made a delectable meal in itself. No one had the wisdom to stop there, of course, and…
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Movie: Winged Migration (2001)
Even more astounding in many ways than March of the Penguins. This is a huge production that presents itself quietly, slipping you into the world of migrating birds in a surprisingly effective way. Like the penguin film, it also raises many more questions than it answers, and supplies a “making of” featurette to remedy this.…