I just asked my boss for a recommendation letter for my graduate school applications. He gave me an enthusiastic yes, and then asked if I was looking at a two year masters ( Read more... )

"The first five people to respond to this post will get some form of art, by me, about them. I make no guarantees about quality or type, but I will assure that I will give it good effort.

The only catch, of course: as with most memes, if you sign up, you have to put this in your own journal as well (and actually follow through!)."

The first few...

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I'm officially hired for the rest of the summer. My boss did the "Do you want to work until mid-august?...Yes? Well congrats." routine. Steady employment will be nice ( Read more... )

And lo, the traveller returned to his homeland. He was comforted to see the temples of the true gods. Though the great McDonald touched all the lands, it had been long since he had been able to worship Walton, and the lesser god Arby. But even in his homeland he could see the influence of the heathen god IKEA. Not all was well.

Well, very soon now I'm going to be travelling through Europe. I will be checking my email, but not zephyrs.

Noting that I haven't said anything useful in a while on LJ, here's something:

I have decided to come back to Cambridge *by* February. This means I ( Read more... )

Just was reading up on the current avian flu outbreaks. The WHO's and CDC's takes on it are not good ( Read more... )

Here is the general way conversations go in France:

Introductions
Chit-Chat
"So, do you have a French girlfriend yet?"
"Why not?"

My apologies to Jefferson Airplane.

I finally saw it. It was... the special bus. Not just any special bus, but a bus labeled "SPECIAL" with a capital "SP" on the back of the bus ( Read more... )