I propose a time limit enforced on questions asked during Q & A sections of conference sessions. I think it's fair- the presenters have a time frame (not that they always follow it). But even the suggestion that your questions should only take up so much time and then you're done. Maybe even with a blinking red light. At least it would limit the ( Read more... )

It's fairly obvious that I am not southern, and I recognize this. I don't pass for a life time local, although since my driver's license still says Virginia. So far, most of the conversations regarding regional norms have been introducing me to something I've never heard of. Like boiled peanuts. Yeah- soggy peanuts would not have occurred to me ( Read more... )

So super fast life update ( Read more... )

I GOT INTO GRAD SCHOOL!!!!!

got a letter from South Carolina today.

::does happy dance::

so i've been traveling for work....into the part of the state where my cell phone roams and the only internet is dial-up and even that doesn't work ( Read more... )

you know today was good up until about 3 hours ago.......amazing how things like that can crash and burn in such a short period of time.

oh well...here's hoping for tomorrow....

Highlight of the day:

Going head first to the waist into a shovel test pit in the middle of a cow field (cuz my arms are just too damn short)........yay archaeology ::wink::

Someone up there seriously like to mess with my life recently....let me tell you about how i got to CA ( Read more... )

Language Savvy
You scored a 220 out of 400 on language knowledge.

Congratulations! You know your stuff! You've scored higher than most people would and you probably have taken a linguistics or cultural science class to boot. Most likely you are bilingual or even multilingual. You are also probably fascinated by languages and want to learn more ( Read more... )

gah, i never remember to write in this thing ( Read more... )