You know, I've never thought about it.

Today we talked about the anatomy of insects in Life Science. Insects have an open circulatory system which means that their blood jsut sloshes around inside their body. After introducing this topic one of my students raised his hand and asked if he held a grasshopper vertiacally by its head, would all the organs in the front of the body dry up because all the blood had run to the back?

A Printing Press?

I went into downtown Phoenix this morning to go to the farmer's market and the library. While at the library I found a Rare Book Room, which I hadn't noticed before, and which, unfortunately, was open by appointment only. But through the glass I saw the big machine above and I thought, Sam must know what it is. Sam?

Arizona State Fair on a Stick

When Victor was here in mid-October we went to the Arizona State Fair, held in downtown Phoenix. We had hopes of seeing Bob Dylan, who was playing a free concert, but by the time we got to the gates the concert arena was full.

Plan B: Photograph all of the food on stick we could find, and (in Victor's case) sample some of the delicacies as well.

Our brave quest is recorded below in chronological order. You can watch Victor look sicker and sicker as the night goes on. I tried to get him to stop before the chicken fried steak on a stick, but he was insistent on going the distance. He narrowly - but respectably - avoided hurling.