March Already?
So, here we are in March and no posts yet this year. For shame. I’m going to just dive in with some kind of bastardized photo bullet-point highlight reel to update some of y’all and get my head back in the game. Many of these may graduate into full-fledged posts. In fact if there is an item you are particularly interested in, let me know in the comments and I’ll be sure to expand those first. So, to begin at the beginning, of the year, that is…
New Year’s Eve. Had the pleasure of watching the Vanderbilt football team in their first bowl appearance since losing to the Air Force in 1982. Prior bowl history includes a 6-6 tie against Texas Tech in 1974 and you’ve got to go all the way back to ’55 for the last victory (25-13 over Auburn in the Gator Bowl). These guys had things down in the tailgating department. I’m already ready for next football season.
On Wine: My roommate, Andrea, found this great wine class at a local restaurant (Sunset Grill). For $12, you can explore five examples of the weekly varietal. Craig Clifft, the GM / co-owner of Cabana, teaches the class and it’s a very enjoyable, non-pretentious way to expand your wine palate and vocabulary. There are few classes left, check it out. On the wine note, our favorite wine tasting swilling event was Bistro215′s First Friday tasting, but now that the place closed down, we took matters into our own hands and had a replacement of our own. First one was a lot of fun last month and we’ve got another one on deck tonight. Looking forward to it. Suppose this also falls under the wine category: I gave up beer for lent, so this has definitely upped the wine / whiskey consumption.
Shows: There have been a decent selections of shows lately… So far this year I’ve caught Jason Boland, Randy Rodgers, and Charlie Robsion last night (bumped into his brother Bruce at the Sunset Grill bar as well). Made it out to 12th & Porter for the first time since they re-opened. Like what they’ve done with the place. Heard some good acts, to include Ms. Shea Fowler. My only complaint about the music scene of late is that I completely missed seeing Reckless Kelly last week. I was at another show, but if I knew RK was playing, I would have been there instead. Oh well…
Relationships: I was debating on whether or not to include this, but what the hell. February marked a six month anniversary in my latest romantic endeavour. Celebrated with a picnic out at Arringtong Vineyards. This was shortly followed by a classy Valentine’s day meal complete with a couple bottles of champagne at her favorite restaurant, Prince’s Hot Chicken. (Watch this video.) Thought things were going well, but I got the pink slip a couple days later in dramatic fashion. Complicated, as always, but boils down to she’s older, not having kids, etc. Oh well, whadaya gonna do?
Nerd Stuff: You’re on the home stretch… Lab is going well. I’ve started an exciting new collaboration with a vascular surgeon where I’m actually doing some molecular physiology in addition to biophysics. This picture is probably as nerded out as I’ve been with personal protective gear in quite some time. Glasses, lab coat, the works. Good ole’ radiation safety – working with “hot” ATP. Also notable in the nerdy highlight reel, as of 14FEB09, I’m on twitter @JaredGodar. Now I’ll leave you with today’s XKCD, which cracked me the hell up.
