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Books!
I just realized that I haven't posted about any of the books I've been reading this semester, and now the year is nearly half-gone. Well, now it's time for a massive catch-up session. Without further ado, books one through fourteen...
Blood and Iron and Whiskey and Water by Elizabeth Bear ( Read more... ) -
it's time for another Good Idea, Bad Idea...
Bad Idea: coming home from work after 10pm.
Good Idea: coming home from work after 10pm and making oneself a tasty alcoholic cocktail.
Bad Idea: coming home from work after 10pm and making oneself a tasty alcoholic cocktail when one is already dehydrated from hours of continual caffeine consumption.
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how you know it's spring
Last fall, I took the ugly aluminum awnings off my house -- all except for one, which housed a sizeable paper wasp nest. I've been loathe to take it down ever since, not knowing whether they winter their young in the nest or not ( Read more... ) -
state of the gwen
I haven't really posted anything about what's going on in my life recently, so instead of reading these annoying papers on genetic canalization, I'm going to post! I've got a backlog of book reviews and whatnot, too, but that'll have to wait. Here's the CliffsNotes version of my semester so far ( Read more... ) -
I watch the Watchmen
Saw it on Monday and I'm still pondering. I enjoyed it a lot, though it fell short both as a movie and as a translation of the original work. The soundtrack was atrocious; every time I noticed the music, it was because I was wincing at how poorly it matched up with the feel of the scene. Some of the visuals were predictably stunning, though ( Read more... ) -
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In the words of Neil Gaiman, "Okay, you bastards. Try rejecting this!" -
you know what day it is
"Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions -- that time has surely passed ( Read more... ) -
it's time to stop reading Sci Fi when...
I just had this epiphany about how weird and gross endoskeletons are.
I mean, I'm okay with ribcages. I like ribcages. The hard bits are toward the outside, and the soft, squishy, delicate bits are safely on the inside. But limbs?! The hard piece is in the middle, and the squishy bits are just sort of... hanging off of it. Ew ( Read more... ) -
Best. Labmate. Evar.
Greg got a shipment of black truffles for his research, but he gave one to me for teh culinary consumption. I think I'm going to try to make truffle oil with what's left of it. (I love being a mycologist ( Read more... )