Flat Lucas Plays Golf

Flat Lucas was asked to play golf with my friends Jonathan and Brendan. He told me that he had never played golf before. I told him that was OK because we could show him how to play. :)

Flat Lucas warming up at the driving range.

Flat Lucas and Brendan.

Flat Lucas and Jonathan.

Flat Lucas resting after a hard evening of golf.

Flat Lucas Visits the HCI Lab

I work in a field called Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. That's quite amouthful, I know. Essentially, I study how people use computers and how we might improve technology to be more useful in the future (here's my webpage is you want to find out more). Flat Lucas visited my research lab today and I thought I'd share a few pictures.

This is typically where I sit in the HCI lab.

We have 30-inch wide screen monitors.

This is Flat Lucas vacationing in the Bahamas. Oh, wait, just kidding. This is my friend Kate's background on her computer.

This is our patio on the 6th floor of our building which overlooks the east side of campus along with Husky Stadium, Lake Washington, the Cascade Mountain Range and Mount Rainier. Flat Lucas is eating lunch with my friends Charlie and Kate.

Can you see the lake (that's Lake Washington) and football stadium (that's where the Huskies play).

Flat Lucas and the Seattle Space Needle

The Seattle Space Needle is Seattle's most recognizable landmark. It was built in 1962 for the World's Fair and is 602 feet high. The top of the Space Needle hosts an observation deck and a restaurant that spins around 360 degrees.

The Seattle Space Needle is located in the Seattle Center, home to the Experience Music Project, the Seattle Monorail, KeyArena (where the SuperSonics NBA teams plays), the Pacific Science Theatre, the Children's Museum, the Science Fiction Museum, amongst other attractions.

This is a panoramic view from the Seattle Space Needle. Can you spot Mount Rainier?

Flat Lucas Plays Flag Football

One of my favorite parts of being in college is hanging out with my friends and playing sports: I've played flag football, ultimate frisbee, golf, and (my favorite) basketball. Here, my friends and I are playing flag football right outside our building (the Paul Allen Center).

We're playing flag football on the field outside of our building, which is in the backdrop.

Mount Rainier is ever present on the campus horizon.

Flat Lucas and I having a good time. Flat Lucas was very hard to tackle, his Flat Flag was hard to grab.

My friend Jon and Flat Lucas after just scoring a touchdown.

Flat Lucas Fills Up

Although Flat Lucas is too young to drive, he still helped my friend Scott fill up his car with gas.

Flat Lucas Attends the Mariners Home Opener

My friend Jeff sent me an email in the early afternoon asking me if I'd like to sit in the 2nd row on the 1st baseline to the Seattle Mariners' home opener. I did not hesitate to say "yes!" Flat Lucas really enjoyed sitting so close to the action. The Mariners won 4-0 against the Oakland A's.

Flat Lucas and I outside Safeco Field, where the Mariners play.

The view from our seats (2nd row along the 1st baseline).

Flat Lucas enjoying the game in his very own seat.

Flat Lucas was so excited when Sexson hit a homerun in the 6th inning, he spilled a bit of Flat Soda on his shirt. Can you spot the stain?

The Mariner Moose became the official mascot of the Mariners in 1990. In this picture, he's rollerskating along the perimeter of the baseball field.

Woooops! The Mariner Moose takes a fall right in front of our seats!

Here's a picture of me, Flat Lucas, Jeff, Scott and Dimitri at the end of the game. Seattle beat Oakland 4-0. Our pitcher, Hernandez, pitched 8 scoreless innings and struck out 12 batters.

Flat Lucas Flies Back to Seattle

I took these pictures out the window as our airplane began its descent into Seattle. This mountain is called Mount Rainier, it has the tallest peak in the contiguous United States. You can also see Mount Rainier from my Computer Science and Engineering building at the University of Washington (as well as from many other parts of Seattle).


The flight from Houston to Seattle is 1,883 miles. If we add this to the 4,095 miles we've previously flown, Flat Lucas and I have now traveled 5,978 miles via airplane together.

Seattle Airport, Our Adventures Begin

Flat Lucas and I are about to board a plane bound for Boston, MA to visit my friend Cassandra.

Flat Lucas and I at the SeaTac International Airport in Seattle. Can you see the plane in the background? Click on the picture to see a larger copy.

Flat Lucas and I are excited to fly across the country! It's a "red eye" flight, we don't leave until 10:40PM. Hopefully we will both be able to sleep on the plane.

The pink route line on the map below represents the flight that Flat Lucas and I took from Seattle to Boston. Notice how Seattle is on the west coast of the United States (next to the Pacific Ocean) and Boston is on the east coast of the United States (next to the Atlantic Ocean). When you fly from Seattle to Boston, you fly right over Minnesota! For an interactive map of our adventures together, click here.

The airplane route from Seattle to Boston is in pink.