So the past couple of weeks have been very busy at work, but I got through them! And I hope I remember to post something rather exciting related to that tomorrow. (No, it's not about a promotion.) One of the visiting economists told me that in a chat with my boss, my boss had told him that I was doing a good job :) My boss has been very good about ( Read more... )

First of all, if you haven't seen it yet, sff_corgi's four-footed friend D'Argo could really use your help!!! Please give what you can; every little bit helps!
Second, I just saw the trailer for the new Karate Kid movie and it occurred to me - how can it still be called a "karate" movie when it's about kung fu now ( Read more... )

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I am happy to report that I don't need to do any serious thinking for the next few weeks :-p Our extra-curricular "Emerging Industries Analysis" presentation finally went down last Wednesday. I slipped up once despite days of practicing the presentation, but all in all the professor who supervised our work was very pleased, and I feel that I've ( Read more... )

I have my copy of Sims 2 from home and can install it on my laptop, but the game freezes when I try to play it. I told enigmartin41 about this and he recommended that I download a Windows Vista driver (because I got stuck with Vista when I bought my laptop). Is there just one kind of driver to download? Where's a reputable site from which I can get it ( Read more... )

Things I Need To Do By Saturday

1. Buy and distribute thank-you tokens to my referees (AKA the people who wrote recommendations for my grad school applications, not the jerks who call the basketball games)
2. Type/print, have notarized and make copies of documents giving my mom Special Powers of Attorney (SPA) to handle my affairs while I'm away - I'm ( Read more... )

...Canada Day (belated);
...Birthday to the ever-luverly hfleming8 (belated ( Read more... )

I don't know if you'll be interested to know that there is now a full-length animated film inspired by Princess Urduja :)

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Before posting about the movie, I must admit that I am not very knowledgeable about kung fu movies or the big names in the genre. I am a Jackie Chan fan, but didn't pay much attention to his early work when it was showing for free on Channel 13. I think I've seen all his recent "East-meets-West" movies, though - coming from a culture heavily ( Read more... )

I did not go shopping yesterday, but I did watch 27 Dresses.

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