I knew I was going to die in this block – I just didn’t realize it would be by the second lecture.  Reynold’s number?  Von Karman Trailing Vortices?  Where did I put that physics book?  How did I get in with less than a year of physics and no lab?  AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!  Can we just agree […] more

Excuse me while I step up to the soapbox.   There are certain companies that continually use *statistics in a way that I feel is misleading and slightly ridiculous.  I value transparency and disclosure, and running a business in a way that is above reproach.  This is why, even though I think the average consumer […] more

I’m scared to look at the number of unread posts in my google Reader so I’ve decided to avoid it. Tess went on her first trail ride today.  At 8 1/2 months it’s time she started learning about her job as my trail dog. Was it possible to have a dog more stupid about horses?  […] more

On this day, in 2007 I braved bay area day-before-thanksgiving-traffic with a horse trailer and brought Farley home.  The next day we were off to my aunt’s house and some trail riding.  I had already planned to bring Minx and spend the holidays trail driving (Minx was recovering from an injury and was only being […] more

…so you don’t have to buy the magazines! I don’t currently subscribe to any horse magazines, (AERC excluded) because with the exception of one (Equus) I find them rather repetitive, trivial, and simplistic. While waiting in line to buy cat food (at TSC, taste of the wild, if you most know) I observed the following […] more

How to have happy clients – prep them for failure.  Then they are happy!  Better NOT to suprise them with bad news right? –I’m a little unsure how I feel about this – stress and worry on the clients part isn’t exactly comforting from their point of view… Funniest thing heard today “sometimes you can either […] more

I’m giving you fair warning.  This post rapidly disintegrates into a whiny bitchy moaning post. First the good news. Good news 1:  I aced the test on Tuesday.  Yeah!  Another test this afternoon. (update – did well, but I’m not sure I did as well as the first one.) Good news 2: I finally feel […] more