Okay, so ( Read more... )

I just wanted to set this down in writing before the wonder and newness of it wear off ( Read more... )

****This is not really about eyesight and opthimologists.
Let's pretend it is, though, in the service of allegory.****

I've been having "headaches" for a long, long time, and haven't been able to "see" things nearly as well as most people I know.

My family doesn't believe in "astigmatism", and so I didn't either, really, for many years. (I mean, ( Read more... )

I've just posted about one of my pet peeves over at the Wordpress blog.

There are a lot of good reasons to increase diversity in the sciences, but this one is actually kind of backhanded and insulting.

Go, read all about it, and tell your friends!

Hi, folks.

I went and got myself a realliverespectable Wordpress blog, and I'll be posting more over in that neck of the woods for the time being. (I'll still be reading your posts over here in LJ land, though.)

You can go read it, in all its nascent glory at pajanguin.wordpress.com.

Let me know what you think.

Oh, right. Because I am writing a COVER LETTER to AMAZE a certain organization into letting me volunteer with them ( Read more... )

I want many, many things for Christmas this year.

If I were still young enough to sit on Santa's lap, I'd tell him the following things, and make him promise to deliver:

I want a normal family, where we just fucking get alongI want brothers and sisters-- a whole box full of 'em, smiling and mischevious, and conspiratorial, and wonderful, even ( Read more... )

Hi, world. The Burning Man mailing list sent out its weekly thing today. It contained a link to the website of a guy who took a lot of awesome pictures, which got me thinking.

Conclusion: it all went much, much better, this year.

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The last time I went, in 2007, a lot of things went wrong. We had some massive campmate ( Read more... )

First off, I just had a look at Rax's recent posts, and would like to encourage other people to read them if they haven't already done so. (LJ username = rax) The posts raise interesting questions about gender and (talking about) rape, and they do so in her typically nuanced and thoughtful way. So, if she's not on your friends list, please do ( Read more... )

Hi, folks ( Read more... )