When I walk into work this morning, the receptionist is positively beaming.  "Have you heard about Rumsfeld?" she asks me.  "Not yet, but I have a feeling I'm going to like the news," I reply.  "He resigned this morning!"  She is actually bouncing in her chair.  "That...is the best news I have heard all day." I am smiling like the dickens.  "Go ( Read more... )

So oh my gosh (not really newsworthy, but still totally out of the blue) Steve Irwin just died!  He was stung by a stingray while filming a documentary on the Great Barrier Reef.  I don't know, it seems like he should never die or something.  He's like the invincible man of D-List TV personalities, or something.  Gosh, that's bizarre...

Chelsea just told me the saddest thing ( Read more... )

You Are 30% Extrovert, 70% Introvert
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I'm not certain if people realize just how difficult it is for me to find my way around the Health Sciences Building on campus.  I have to go down there and help facilitate a post-doc workshop this afternoon for work, and I have to pick up a room key in the T wing and then head over to the actual room in the I wing.  Doesn't sound all that ( Read more... )

Your Driving Is is: 81% Male, 19% Female
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Well, I'm in a bit of a mood, having been up since 10:00 AM yesterday.  Maybe I'll sleep soon?  Regardless, here's this:

BEAN WELDS TO LET OFF STEAM

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My pants are so wet that the extra weight is actually pulling them off my body.  I need a belt, that's how hard it's raining out ( Read more... )

Gosh. There's coffee in the breakroom, so I ran down to get some (and also there are muffins, which makes the story better). I even gracefully restrained myself and waited so as to give others a chance to drink some before I took all of it and ran. Anyway, so I fill up a cup of coffee, grab a muffin, and begin walking back to my office when all ( Read more... )

Huh. I'm on quite the updating kick lately. Okay, so here's two stories from my life:

1. I just spent three full minutes respelling the word "analyzation" to make Word recognize it. Then I realized that the word is actually "analysis."
   
2. Recent conversation with Chelsea:
   C: You know, the kazoo was invented in Buffalo.
   L: Somehow that doesn't ( Read more... )