This week in pictures...

Last night we went to a graduation party at Kip Thorne's house. Kip was Matthew's physics prof, and Matthew worked for him as TA one semester. Wow, magnificent abode. It's a huge house on the side of a hill with a long pool, jacuzzi, an outdoor gas bonfire, it's 4 stories high, the furniture is al wood custom made by his brother ["He builds for family and rich people"]. The house is full of art his wife has collected over the past 40 years, and he contributes a drawing by famed artist and physicist Richard Feynman who was a close friend of his. There were like 5 or 6 bathrooms in the place, the master one was as big as our friend's (Laura & Walter's) one bdrm apartment. :)

Anyhow, so this man is quite famous, he consults on Steven Spielberg movies (Steven called him up and asked him to) and has "dated in Hollywood" and has written several books and is also good friends with Stephen Hawking (he's the reason Dr. Hawking visits for a month every year). So, it was a neat party to go to. Amazing house, great catered dinner and very interesting physicists. I think physicists are more nerdy than astronomers. Astronomers have more accessible quirks than physicists.





B spent a couple of days quite grumpy, but now he seems to have gotten over it, I think he was growing as he was taking 4 naps a day and wanted constant cuddling. Today and yesterday he's been talking up a storm. He had lots to say to Laura and Walter on the drive to and from Kip's place, and today he's been telling Matthew and I the history of the world.