I walk into the work cafeteria earlier today at lunch (the place was mobbed because 1st year orientation started today, and scores of scared looking future doctors were milling about, but I digress)...and while I waited for my chicken quesadilla, the new guy behind the counter took a close look at me and asked:

"Are you Spanish?"

"Nope, Indian.."

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The day has finally come, folks.

Zach can crawl.  Oh crap.

We haven't babyproofed AT ALL, other than moving stands and some wires out of the way.  He LOVES chewing on the Xbox controller wires for some reason...that, and crawling into the bathroom.  So basically I now spend my evenings chasing him around the first floor.

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I was doing my usual procrastinating during the 3 pm lull-in-the-day-I'm-too-sleepy-to-do-anything hour, when I stumbled across pictures from a Microsoft Vista release party in Bombay, complete with cheesy Bollywood dance numbers.  WHAT?  Weird.  Like Akshay Kumar has any idea what he's dancing in those ridiculous costumes for.

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Our yearly Holiday door decoration contest has begun at work.  Our lab is trying to figure out what ideas will give us the trophy (we MUST win this thing), or at least be controversial enough so that we're the talk of the department.  While throwing some ideas around, Carl comes up with this one:

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You know that scene in Office Space where the three employees bash their printer with a baseball bat...all while set to the music of some rap song?

(Greatest scene ever in my humble opinion, but I digress.)

...well, I am THIS CLOSE to recreating that with my work computer.  The IT guy is re-formatting it now...so guess who is gonna be spending her ( Read more... )

Vanessa has her thesis defense today...GOOD LUCK!

I really REALLY hope she passes, cuz she so deserves it:-)

Just found out that this was FINALLY published...now just four more papers to go:-(


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12 weeks flew by like the blink of an eye...

...and now I'm back at work...*sigh*