Tower Building
Further proof that tower building runs in Robert’s blood.

The Atlanta crew, Loren, Susan and Sally stopped by on their way up the northeast seaboard on Sally’s college tour. Unfortunately for us, they mostly stopped off for a quick visit to and pick up a borrowed car before heading off. But we still got some nice time together.

While Robert and Sarah were at a birthday party for a classmate yesterday, Loren (with a bit of final flourish help from Susan and myself) built this using all of Robert’s wooden blocks.

He was enough in awe that we managed to keep the tower standing while we metroed to the mall for lunch and an attempt to track down cherry trees. (The crowds were too much and we managed lunch and the National Gallery Sculpture Garden before some of us headed back home.

Of course back home there was our own sculpture which Robert was allowed to touch — and knock down.

These photos are from my new cell phone. As USPTO cuts back to compensate for a lack of new patent filings and maintenance fees, it’s clear I won’t be getting a government issued blackberry any time soon so I broke down and purchased a smart phone to replace the basic Nokia I’ve had since leaving AARP. I didn’t want to join the crackberry or iPhone camps so I picked up a G1 (T-Mobile’s site); 3 days into it, I’m still happy with the choice (a flash for the builtin camera would be nice, but is is a phone after all…).