Episode 612 - Trippy

The title refers to the fact that Isabelle and I went on a trip.

We went to Montreal for the Conference on Comparative Cognition (CO3) which you likely have heard me talk about if you’ve listened to these things, met me etc.

Jon stayed home during it and did great.

Mailed a package to the US today, it is much more complicated than it used to be, let’s say that.

It was so great having Isabelle there, it was like I had some home with me, and she got to see lots of old friends etc. Great time! I can’t wait until next year because she can come again!

Episode 611 - Splashdown

It might actually be spring. It’s going up to 9 today.

While it wasn’t July 1969, it was pretty great.

I was, at times, transported to being like 6 years old. I remember watching the splashdown of Apollo 16 in my classroom.

Everything was so great. All three of us were in awe of just how both amazing the feat was scientifically and in engineering, but also in the human sense. What a great crew.

Isabelle has a very cool collage project underway.

The term is pretty much over for Jon, he had a great year, it’s almost over for me.