My mom lost one of her front teeth. It happened three weeks ago when she bit into a bone in a piece of meat. And I only noticed yesterday. (Of course, dad knew already because she told him. And her houseguest from Nigeria knew already, because it was her who gave her the meat. [Her and her crusade against boneless meat. Feh.]) I'm so bummed ( Read more... )

It's almost summertime so my optimism is at its highest point. This means I am now ready to deal with resolutions. I'll just list 'em without explanation ( Read more... )

A colleague (don’t know her very well, never hung out socially) just cc’d me on a request she sent to have me added to the ASF email list so that I’d be notified of the upcoming API luncheon. Having no idea what all this meant, I asked for clarification. Turns out ASF = Asian Staff Forum and API = Asian Pacific Island ( Read more... )