This Day in History, 1969: Apollo 11

Thirty-six years ago today, human beings from the planet Earth first walked on the surface of the Moon.

Google has decided to commemorate this with their usual altered logo and some interesting lunar maps. Explore them and zoom in; you'll be glad you did.

(Thanks to querldox for the link.)

New York Trip Up to Now

Whenever I go to NYC, I find that I don't have as much time to keep up with email and blogging, even if I have my laptop with me. So as I read through other people's blogs in the limited time I have, I start to wonder what the point of it is. Does anyone actually care to hear about what I've been up to for the past few days? Does it really matter if I post an entry or not?

Well, if anyone does care, here's some highlights from what Nomi and I have been up to.

Sunday:
Took the Limoliner to NYC
Arrived at my Mom's house
Had dinner with my younger brother's family

Monday:
Took the Big Onion Walking Tour of Central Park
Had dinner with friends

Tuesday:
Ran errands at the Empire State Building
Had lunch with Stanley Schmidt, the editor of Analog
Went to the New-York Historical Society
Had dinner with friends

Wednesday:
Had a dentist appointment (my teeth are fine)
Finished Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Went to lunch with a bunch of SF people
Went to lunch with friends
Went to the Maurice Sendak exhibit at the Jewish Museum
Had dinner with a cousin

In the midst of all this, the boxes and packing supplies I ordered were delivered to my Mom's house, and I may have found one or two people who can help me out next week as I clean up the stuff in my Mom's house.

If I have time, I may expand on some of the items listed above. If anyone has a specific interest in hearing more about anything we've done, feel free to let me know. And if you want to read what gnomi has to say about our trip, click here.