I'm looking for a book about the periodic table, or more generally about the elements. I want it to list all the elements (so far) in order by atomic number, with pretty pictures of and nifty facts about each one, and information about how it's used, why it's cool, and so on. Essentially, I want a book that compiles the Wikipedia pages about ( Read more... )

From emmacrew:

1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/
2. Put in username: nycareers; password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Post the top n results.

( My top twenty are really quite remarkable... )

Happy Election Day!

Polls just opened here in C'ville and I'm off to do my duty as an American -- don't forget to do yours!

one mourning dove wails
on our asphalt hill

it's morning
august
life is suspended
five days until i leave

in charlottesville i loved
the walk downtown just after dawn
a waiter hosed off plastic chairs
at the blue bird café
bacon fried across the street
high clouds kept me cool
just long enough

the dove hoots
so evenly
like sleepers breathe

I knew my gas bills were too high.

I just got my bill from Dominion. It's for $0. They owe me $118, due to a corrected reading. Yes!

On the other hand, that means that I've loaned the gas company money interest-free for several months :P

I dreamed that I opened an old notebook and inside was 165+ pages' worth of a draft of a novel. I didn't remember having written it at all, and I was afraid to read it, so I set it aside to go through and evaluate later ( Read more... )

I'm headed back to Charlottesville in August. Yup, I decided on U.Va. Which means I'm a double Hoo, and delighted about it ( Read more... )

For anyone who likes chocolate and spicy food, try this:

Mexican BrowniesMelt 2 sticks of butter in a medium-size microwaveable bowl. Whisk in 3/4 cup natural (not dutch-process) cocoa, 2 teaspoons ceylon cinnamon, 2 teaspoons ground ancho chile pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper. Stir in 2 cups of sugar. Add 3 eggs and 1 1/2 teaspoons ( Read more... )

Today was an absolutely insane day at the bank. We had six people working. I got to be a teller part of the day, which I actually really enjoyed. It's kind of fun when it isn't the same daily grind all the time. Still, not getting to go to lunch until after three, taking a half hour instead of an hour, and still knowing that one of my ( Read more... )

I've started brewing my own coffee every day again, rather than going out for it on the way to work, which is one of my measures of general life contentment. So I guess I must be doing pretty well. (Pssst... Starbucks' Serena Organic Blend is really, really delicious ( Read more... )