Posted on Monday 2006.09.11 at 11:30 pm in
politics
By Ryan McElroy
Five years later, we are by many accounts a country divided. But what ties us together, I hope, is stronger than that which tears us apart. May we never forget a day of terrible infamy; may we never lose sight of a day of collective triumph.
Posted on Monday 2006.09.11 at 5:32 pm in
work
By Ryan McElroy
Apparently, I am now an “Engineer.” I found out when perusing Microvision’s latest phone directory. Whereas before I was a “Software Test Intern” and my counterparts have generally been under the title of “Intern-Software,” I have discovered that I am now a “Software Test Engineer Intern.”
Yay me.
Posted on Sunday 2006.09.10 at 3:36 am in
technology
By Ryan McElroy
Posted on Saturday 2006.09.09 at 7:44 pm in
travel
By Ryan McElroy
By Ryan McElroy
Kaylee Graduates

Ryan is inspired by the Tube of Sound and Fire

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Posted on Saturday 2006.09.02 at 10:11 pm in
travel
By Ryan McElroy
After getting back from Michigan/Ohio, I think I’ve been bit by the travel bug… Now I’m in Central Oregon, having just been to Crater Lake. I’m headed to the Redwood forests tomorrow morning, and then up the coastal highway Monday.
Its been an… “exciting” trip so far. I’m traveling with my roommate, and his car — a Dodge Intreppid — has already overheated a couple of times while driving up to Crater Lake. The problem is an apparently undersized cooling system and the failure of his cooling fans. So we took a couple of hours and we ended up hooking the fan up to the headlight circuit — it definitely seems to be helping. Then I took over driving, and almost immediately I ended up running over an aluminum ladder in the middle of I-5 at 60 mph. No joke. Luckily, we seem to have escaped with no major damage. About ten miles down the road, a doe and her two fawns were crossing an I-5 exit ramp. I barely avoided hitting the last of the fawns with an all-out stop.
We took these three occurrences together to be a sign that we should hole up in a hotel immediately, rather than press our luck and try to make it to Crescent City.