I'm so sick of winter.  I'm sick literally in the sense that I've got the horrible cold that's been going around, but furthermore, I'm sick of it being cold and gray and snowing and icy (do I sound like a petulant 3-year old yet?).  It's so mild over in Scotland!  I want to go back!  I miss ocean!  Here we've got one extreme or another, but such is ( Read more... )

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I'm comfortable here.  I really am, finally it seems.  I know exactly how long it takes to walk places.  I know where all the coffee and tea shops are and when they have their 'happy hours' (=really cheap coffee).  I'm no longer intimidated by research papers.  I'm not afraid to take risks in ( Read more... )