After the annual cleaning-out of the tree blossoms that clogged the fountain, Chris (pictured) and I turned our attention to a couple misaligned valves and cracked air hoses. And correcting the mistake of one really misguided computer engineer -that would be yours truly- who thought a spigot was leaking like crazy, when in fact, water was simply coming out because he opened it.
It took getting locked out of my apartment for me to discover this in the sidewalk right across the street. I wish I could have written something in concrete somewhere sometime to have to point out to the future!
Who says we can’t be 6 again? I’m pretty sure supersaturation has little to do with the attraction of this experiment 🙂
The angle is a little sub-par, but: this is the base of a 30-foot tower full of water. The water is supposed to come out the top. The base has a tap for a garden hose. That tap is pictured here. That tap is closed. Water is coming out anyway. Fast. :-(.
Update: Yeah, actually, no… turns out the spigot was open, and that is why water was coming out. Oops. [/Update]
It’s alive!
Seen from the Monona Terrace
Jared, who was pretty impressed by seeing the beautiful side of Madison for the first time. (As compared to our much more concrete-heavy campus) I hadn’t been here in years, myself. I think since a scholarship banquet senior year of highschool. What a shame to live so close to a place like this and not go see it more often!
First round of racquetball with my new racquet today (birthday present from my parents). I wish I could say that it made me an amazing player overnight, but the reality is that the 1 game of 3 that I won today was the one where I let Jared try the new racquet out…
It’s really nice though- a lot of fun to play with!
The fountain is once again back up and running!
For some reason Nate always makes me a ridiculous amount of homemade popcorn. Anyone hungry?
