Good grief. I failed the eye exam this afternoon and the DMV won't renew my license until I get glasses. Jeez. I've never worn glass...

Since I had to fast for my physical exam this morning I couldn't have my morning coffee or breakfast. It showed. I felt like I had no en...

I'm back in Dallas. Today was mostly a travel day. There was no need to get up super early this morning. I walked to a Cracker Barrel re...

It was a beautiful launch this evening. The weather cooperated. There were no serioous problems with the rocket, and the launch took place r...

I made it to Florida. It's been a long day. We got up early and took Dawn on her sunrise walk. While I was eating breakfast, the roofers...

We have a new roof. We won't be able to tell if this was all worth it until we've had a couple of hard rains, but I'm pretty ple...

The mountain of construction materials in the front yard is now mostly up on the roof. Quite a lot got done today. The main roof is finished...

It was pretty noisy today. The roofers arrived around 7 AM and immediately begain tearing off the old roof. There was a lot more damage than...

The roof replacement isn't off to a great start. The roofers arrived bright and early this morning. They tramped around on the roof for ...

Today was busy. I talked with the roofers and made sure they still wanted to start tomorrow, even though there was rain in the forecast toda...

Today was mostly a dreary, very wet day. We got lucky and were able to walk Dawn this morning before the rain started. We were even able to ...

Every time I go shopping on Saturday I'm amazed at how much traffic there is. The roads are crowded and the stores are full. The city ha...

My editor liked my article about the Viasat-3 launch and sent me a press proof of how it will appear in the July issue of SpaceFlight. I...

I finally got out the star tracker and began testing it again. This thing is so frustrating. It works perfectly ocassionally, but mostly it ...

I spent the day trying to avoid the rain and it never actually rained. I think I pay too much attention to the weather. Its going to do what...

Another slow day. It's a good thing I handle boredom well because every day is virtually the same. We get up and take Dawn on an early w...

I got surprised by the weather again today. There was an unexpected thunderstorm on my long walk and I ended up sitting under a picnic shelt...