I forgot to make a post about my shiny new laptop!  (Hmm, why don't I have a "yay" tag?)  I finally got it this past weekend, and I'm now using it in the living room instead of mooching off Maggie's laptop.  Anyway, my laptop is a TOSHIBA Satellite L505.  It's silver, 15.6" screen, 280 GB, 2.0 GHz AMD processor, 3.0 GB RAM, with Windows 7 and the ( Read more... )

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Last night we watched the four-hour Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, and it was just amazing.  It was huge, spectacular, gorgeous.  Just so complex, ornate, and artistic.  (I am running out of adjectives.)  The performances were awe-inspiring and at the same time slightly frightening just by the sheer man-power (as many as 2008 men at a ( Read more... )