I'm dating an anesthesiologist. I like her for many reasons, including that she's extremely capable and knowledgeable about medicine, drug interactions, biology, etc. She's very enthusiastic about her work ( Read more... )

Climbed Mt. Si on saturday. 3700 feet of elevation gain over 4 miles, for an average slope of 17.5%. And then the descent after lunch. I took a nap when I got home, and when I woke up I was walking like Captain Jack Sparrow.

Better now. Stretching, massage, and yoga have helped.

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Sticker seen yesterday on an older 10 or 12 speed bike: One ( Read more... )

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/11/08/rumsfeld_resignation.html

Had a great, very social weekend. Socially saturated myself, in fact. This is a good thing. Saw saucygirl perform. She was fabulous. Went to a quite good party with the babe*. Much fun. Actually, I think she had more fun than I did. This is a good thing. Had good conversations with the babe, old friends, new friends ( Read more... )

(Some of you have heard me tell this story in person.)

You know that feeling of not paying attention, only you don't notice that you're not paying attention until you start to pay attention, and then you realize you haven't been? Good. File that away for future reference.

( It all started two saturdays ago, when Anne's parents came to town, and took us out to dinner. )

On Friday morning many of us from work (~600) went to Pacific Place to see Matrix Reloaded. I'd checked the bus schedules and knew what bus I needed to take to get to the theater well before the 9am curtain call ( Read more... )

Really interesting coverage of the state of the union address. Funny, yet scary. Short. Go watch and enjoy.