My new glasses came today and I love them. They are almost exactly the same as my old glasses–maybe a tad bigger in diameter. I have learned people do not take it well so I have happily decided to try to get round tortoiseshells until I die.
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I have an ongoing need to describe my professional qualifications and have never had an easy way to do that. Right now I am talking to several universities about a possible future PhD, people in the orbit of the GRIME3 water level measurement project, and in the near future, if I do not return to school and semi-retire, I will hope to do some contracting for which a page like this would be useful. So I created an about page here on the blog with a bunch of videos, a few images, and some succinct descriptions of some of the things I have done. It is not about some things I have done to show that I know how to do those things. It was pretty fun to put together and I hope to be able to add new things to the page every now and then.
My buddy John drove his son David up to the IFBB National Championships in Pittsburg today from North Carolina. David will compete in the Super Heavyweight division and hopes to earn his pro card this year. John just sent me this great picture of them and I had to put it up to commemorate the event.
I spend a great deal of time these days either using Artificial Intelligence to figure stuff out about health, finances, educational pursuits, and all kinds of trivia or literally building AI framework for my day job as tools for cell culture instrument work. Side-by-side with that, I have started reading about Philosophy of Mind and consciousness, maybe partially because of the AI work, but mostly because it has been an interesting topic to me since long before AI was on my radar. Right now I am firmly in the camp of non-believers in AI ever arriving at consciousness. That does not seem to be a rational position to me.
It was at or near 100° Fahrenheit all weekend long, but we had the best and most relaxing weekend in a long time. Saturday morning we ran down to Stephenville to see a little of the very beautiful Tarleton State University campus. Today, after our worship meeting, we ran down to the Kroger grocery store (founded in 1955, the year of my birth) and had a piece of fried chicken–the best in town and way cheaper than a restaurant. After lunch, I drank a couple glasses of Bread and Butter Pinot Noir and worked on the GRIME3 water level measurement software package that now has a couple of places waiting on it in both Nebraska and Idaho. Then I took a nap and now I am waiting for the steak Lorena is cooking for me. Life is good today.
I started a conversation with an experimental psychology professor at Tarleton State University in Stephenville yesterday. It is about the possibility to collaborate on one of her research questions and possibly consider starting another PhD there if we are a fit personally and the tool set I bring can add value in her work. Lorena and I drove down there this morning and were stunned with the beauty and size of the campus. It is bigger and more beautiful than we expected. We are also investigating whether it makes sense for Lorena to finish a bachelor’s degree there and it looks like it might work out if enough of the college credits from her associate degree transfer cleanly.
I got to watch a PhD dissertation defense for a University of Kansas student who used our GRIME2 software for one of her dissertation chapters. She did a GREAT job. Troy, Mary, and I all worked with her on her project to measure stage in non-perennial streams.
Lorena and I have been talking about how important it is to follow Christ. We have one God, Father, Master and we are not to be called that. It makes me wonder what offices in the church are official. When it talks about apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers, is it talking about official positions specific people are to fill in the church with specific tasks or is it talking about abilities and inclinations. One thing that seems more clear all the time is that assuming one of those titles on one’s own authority and assigning authority to one’s self might be a dangerous game to play.
I have been having fun building up the inmuebles section of the coffeesig.com website. I have roughed in the first apartment building we are selling and put this cool picture of Lynn and I together for the “team” biographies. We need a ton more images and information, but I think it will look pretty cool and be helpful if I maintain it will. I plan to do that.
I have been working on a web site and a document to help us start selling one of our properties in Mexico. Our hope is to use the money to finish our property high on the hill in San Pedro, do the next project, and help pay for our new house build here in Texas. I made huge progress today, finishing the basic infrastructure of a website and a document to give to potential buyers/investors. It was a blast doing these and I think they will be a huge help.