Vacation time! We spent 2 lovely weeks at the lake.
My goal this trip was to learn how to swim freestyle (aka ‘the crawl’) better. Like many people, I could swim it clumsily for 10 seconds or so, then my lungs would stop me, complaining about either not enough air or too much water, or both. A few months ago I saw a TED talk from Tim Ferris about a few simple tips that helped him swim better, so I was excited to try them out. My first few days were un-impressive, but after about a week, I finally got the breathing figured out, and after 2 weeks, I could swim indefinitely! Indefinitely being defined as to the island and back. I didn’t get any pictures to prove it, but I got one of Helen taking on a couple of kayakers:
We has lots of visitors (I counted 26, but not all at once). Alex was our meat specialist:
This is Boris giving Noah a few tips on a piece he is practicing for an upcoming concert:
I took 2 big monitors and did part-time tele-commuting from the porch. I also brought my electric keyboard which was fun. More in tune than the upright, and the headphones let whoever wanted to escape into their own music land without disturbing others.
We also spent 4 days at a Neurofeedback conference in Indianapolis. A pretty state capitol town exactly in the middle of Indiana.
Helen learned about various stimulator and feedback devices and programs. She took me down to the demo room and we both got to make a on-screen robot go down a slide using just our brains, monitored with a sensor strapped to our forehead. Here she is trying out some feedback software from a single channel EEG lead:
I touristed the city with a 1/2 gallon of orange juice:
They had an impressive 3 straight blocks of war memorials (American Legion is headquartered there):
They guy, Pan, is not a war memorial:
Because he is little and low to the ground, they have a hard time keeping him around. This is the 5th one they put there, the other 4 have wandered off. Did I mention there are a couple of colleges nearby?
Lastly, a mystery photo:
Backward hint 1: derewop ralos is
Backward answer: thgil klaw nedrag a
