This weekend we went to Arisia, a scifi convention in Boston. I saw a lot of people I know, of course (including some geeky friends I hadn't seen in ages) and the kids even saw some people they know -- Isaac spotted his social studies teacher, which astonished him to no end ( Read more... )

First a quick update from my previous post: I do not contract rabies at this time. I have now finished my 4 rabies shots and it was fine. My arm was sore for a brief period after each one but no big deal, and now I'm immune to rabies for some unspecified period of time (the nurse was not sure ( Read more... )

Wow, Ruthie had such the meltdown at bedtime tonight. I am exhausted. These two statements are related, but perhaps not in the immediately obvious way. I think that both Ruthie and I are suffering some major sleep deprivation due to the current state of our sleeping arrangements ( Read more... )

Wow, is it really that long since I posted? ack ( Read more... )

Things have been pretty stressful around here the past few months, not coincidentally coinciding with my dramatic decrease in LJ posts ( Read more... )

Thanks whuffle for pointing out this interesting experiment or test or meme or whatever it is. You listen to 26 little musical clips and try to identify which are played correctly and which incorrectly. Very neat. I got all 26 right, of course. Hey, that degree in music theory has to come in handy at least once per decade, right ( Read more... )

I started the new job today. It went fine I guess. I shall probably post more later, under friends-lock (I always friend-lock posts about work). Mainly, though, I just feel like crap thanks to the cousin who brought us a cold from Wisconsin for Thanksgiving. I am going to bed super-early and hoping I won't be as crappy and cranky tomorrow.

Hello all my LJ friends! I am sorry to say that I have no idea what is going on with you. I haven't read my friends-list fully in ages. I have it as my browser homepage, and usually what ends up happening is that I open my browser and read whatever happen to be the 20 posts on the first page, and then get caught up into other stuff and never scroll ( Read more... )

I feel weird to be so absent from LJ lately, not even reading my flist for weeks on end let alone posting anything of substance. Life has just been SO busy and I have so little energy for...anything ( Read more... )

Oh boy. Where to begin ( Read more... )