We are cooking Roman food for dinner. Roman food is very similar to our food, aside from the boiled-down wine sauce and the fermented fish paste. And the complete lack of New World delicacies such as tomatoes and bananas and maize ( Read more... )

I got a high pass on my comprehensive exams.

Shit. I guess that means I managed to learn something.

Tonight I had a beer and visited YTMND for roughly ten million hours. So during this visit I had another few beers or so and then made a very strong White Russian for old time's sake. Then I needed a refill. But wait! A refill on a White Russian? You can't tempt fate too long -- that milky drink, even if you use Super Vegan Jackass Soy Milk Hurr ( Read more... )

We're off to Arkansas tomorrow. Going to take it easy, see some sights, not drive too hard or too fast. After this hell semester, it seems as if Sarah and I haven't gotten to spend any time together at all. So now we get a couple of weeks, and then, each of us wrestling with Kierkegaard's "The Sickness Unto Death" in a time of post-human ( Read more... )

As much as I enjoy the stability and reliability, the comment system, and the friends page of LiveJournal, I prefer Blogger for its customization options. Perhaps I will post on both for a while, but probably not. Alas, I am forsaking LiveJournal for my former mistress: SLOWWEST.BLOGSPOT.COM

If you read me, read me there.

Malaysia is planning on sending people into space!Please note that none of the links on this website work properly. But don't fret, webdesign is MUCH harder than going to space ( Read more... )

I live. There is an ongoing but faltering assault against my face thanks to Gainesville's humidity-sponsored congestion. In the past week, in semi-reversed non-order, the following happened ( Read more... )

Soon to go to bed, but rejoicing I publish this unto the internets: I finally finished that damn research paper. Sort of finished it. 6000/7000 words isn't bad, all things considered. Now I've only got 20 more pages to write this week ( Read more... )

Hung out with Sean yesterday. He's visiting the Chemistry department, but luckily he was able to escape their clutches long enough for us to go see some crazy old mission in the middle of the desert, climb a small hill, see a desert mouse, eat Ethiopian food, and drink a little bit too much ( Read more... )

They lined up around the block to see his movie.
And crying over his ambushed wife,
Marvelling about "shot eight times, stabbed seven."
Well, some folks can't take a hint.