So the car got fixed this week. The plan was then to drive out to western MA on Saturday morning, pay the bill and pick up the car between 9am and 1pm, and drive back. It's a four-hour round trip, which is a lot, but it needs to get done. ( Read more... )

Ahh, Memorial Day. The promise of a long weekend off, barbeques, and good weather. Well, two out of three ain't bad. ( Read more... )

i think my first draft of my thesis is done.

holy shit i think my research project works.
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i just got mail, at 4:30 on friday, saying that the cluster that i've spent the last week re-getting access to, is going to be shut down for "a scheduled relocation" on monday and will be down for "several weeks".

if it was scheduled, could you have told your users about it more than one business day in advance ( Read more... )

the RSA SecureID card that provides half of my authentication credentials for the computer cluster that I'm using for my research...

just expired.

this is turning into a colossal farce.

the trip to the Catskills was mostly good. we took 2-91-90 and missed all of the bad traffic on the pike wednesday afternoon. shrimp and oyster po-boys for dinner can't be beat. the cousins didn't show up until the following morning, so i got to sleep in without the distraction of having kids (9, 7, and 5) around ( Read more... )

the important thing: i'm going to be on star island until at least friday and possibly though the weekend. approximately zero access to the internet, and i'll occasionally be checking my phone messages.

( i kut because i kare )

hey life:

FUCKING STOP THAT.

JUST FUCKING STOP.

luv, fraterrisus

so, after hearing nothing but bad things about trying to get an appointment with a dentist in the davis square area... on my second try i not only get an appointment, but i get one for tomorrow morning at 9:45 ( Read more... )