The New York Times (I love that you don’t have to sign up for or pay for the online edition now) has a cool feature. You can double click on a word and a new window opens containing a definition of the word. So when I read in a David Brooks column that "Presidents are buffeted by sycophancy, criticism and betrayal." I double clicked on sycophancy. A new window opened and it made me smile when I saw sycophancy defined as "fawning obsequiousness". I do know what that means but just for the fun of it I check to see if I could double click on obsequiousness. You can’t.
Month: December 2007
My first time
Duke and I went snow shoeing with the Sierra Canyon Hiking and Snow Shoeing Group Monday. Neither one of us had ever snow shoed before. Our route was generally along Ophir Creek which is southwest of Reno and then south off of the Mount Rose highway near the summit of the road. It was snowing and blowing but in spite of that and the cold we had a great time. I loved it. Just to be outside, in the mountains and to experience the world transformed by the snow was exhilarating. It turns out that snow shoeing is easy and fun. Here is a picture of Duke and I at our lunch break.
At one point Linda tried out a Hillside Self Heating Hot Cocoa that I think she said she got at Costco.. It sounds like a great idea for a winter outing doesn’t it? But guess what. The instructions say
"For best results activate at room temperatures (65 and 75 F)". So much for that idea. After waiting 8 minutes for the hot cocoa to heat up, Walt tasted it and said it was cold! Yuck!
If you would like to see the rest of my pictures from the hike they are available here on Flickr.
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