Life's been good. And itchy. It's a good kind of itch, I think, the kind that says it's time to do something. And, mostly, I have been doing things. The things I've been doing aren't always the things I should be doing, but more often than not, they're satisfying things, even productive things.

( Cruise, aunthood, geekery... )

Nicole says, "An actual conversation I just had with the husband... Him (singing): Mining, mining! Miiiining! Me: Mining what? Him: Bitcoins. Me: What's that? Him: Wikipedia it ( Read more... )

Stolen from ElfDay One: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now ( Read more... )

This is what I learned today:
The Turkish-German negotiations before WWI. Specifically, the supposed casus belli for Turkey to fight against Russia and Britain. Britain was building two state-of-the-art battleships for the Turks that were funded by public donations; every lira came from schoolchildren, women, farmers, etc., so that the state could ( Read more... )

I got bad news from Eric this morning. Maddy's house burned down last night. Some of you might remember her from a music night or two or from other gathers at Eric & Carrie's. Or as the unfortunate soul who tried to use the upstairs bathroom on Thanksgiving day. She was the photographer at their wedding. She lost everything, including the wedding ( Read more... )

Discussing my recent obsession with Project Runway:

Me: I'm discovering my inner girl.
Rebecca: My inner girl is buried in the backyard.

1 Bottle Gerwurtztraminer ( Read more... )

( In which I bitch about anything and everything. )

She and three others (another undergrad, a grad student, and a faculty mentor, whatever that means) have been invited to present their research to the American Psychological Association at their annual convention in Toronto this upcoming August. Their project, as I understand it, is about how people communicate online and, particularly, the ( Read more... )

( But it smells so yummy!! )