Thesis proposal day for my Art History Masters. Finished COMPS on Tuesday for my MLIS. In the meantime, this song keeps running through my head today. Hopefully it'll shut off prior to my presentation:

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Let's see how this goes. I'll hear tomorrow about whether my thesis proposal is accepted, and then I'll find out if I passed COMPS in about two ( Read more... )

Time for me to fully explain a final straw that is compelling me to quit a longtime hobby in disgust ( Read more... )

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After many tests, procedures and finally surgery/biopsy, we discovered that Phantom's weight loss was actually due to gastric lymphoma (aka stomach cancer) a couple of months ago. While she put up a valiant fight, the time had finally come to end our baby's suffering before the symptoms became too painful and acute. A very, very fond and sad ( Read more... )

Currently, I have several items on display in the lobby of MOSI's Da Vinci exhibition. While I am honored to be selected for a show that features a number of talented artisans, being highlighted on the exhibition's website really tickled me ( Read more... )

A few of you have asked about what transpired last week that necessitated me to overhaul my internet presence. While I have spoken to a couple of folks over the phone about the matter, I felt it would be much more efficient to put it here for all of my friends to view if they so chose ( Read more... )

Well, needless to say it's been a busy semester, the least of which has actually been the academic workload. In fact, I can state with confidence that I have spent almost as much time putting out bureaucratic fires than I have with schoolwork. Other inconveniences have also come into play, and I will be more than happy to provide a list as soon as ( Read more... )

After hearing a series of distressing personal news just prior to this weekend (one of my best friends lost their baby and several relatives have acute health crises), it was definitely an extremely pleasant shock to discover that I had been voted into the Order of the Pelican. The best part? I was in good company - Baron Sasha had his elevation ( Read more... )

Considering the most-recent meanspirited faux pas PETA committed earlier this month, I thought you would find this amusing:


Advocacy Group Decries PETA's Inhumane Treatment Of Women

This story is one of several personal anecdotes that I can relate in order to explain my longtime support for health care reform. As several of you are aware, I worked in the front lines of the health care industry for close to a decade, and saw a number of things that disturbed me about our system. This is one of the most upsetting incidents I ( Read more... )

And believe me, I more than earned it THIS hellacious semester. It's finally over, yeehaw!