Fall 2014

Callander Drive, Veterans' Day, 2014.

It's a beautiful day, and I'm enjoying sitting out on our new front porch. I published on Facebook this morning a picture of the porch with the American flag, but all day I've been flying the Navy flag.  On most of the rest of the days I fly the stars and stripes, so today I'll announce my status as an officer in the United States Navy.

I've been spending much of my fall preparing to teach a course next semester in system dynamics. Preparing for a course the first time is a labor of love: there is no way this works out to a minimum wage! But, the advantage is that when the course runs the second time, the amount of work involved is about 10%. It's especially true for courses where the textbook is rarely updated. This textbook was last revised in 2000.

Next week I begin to work as a consultant in support of US Marine Corps operational analysis. This will absorb the bulk of my free time (especially if I don't have all these lectures finished). It works out well because, as you can see in the picture, the leaves have nearly left the trees and the winter weather will close in soon enough.

I'll try to link more of the photos of the front porch here.