I'm starting to think I might need to go to sleep every night by 9pm to feel well-rested, bc I've felt like a zombie all morning and even missed my run bc I couldn't get going in time. Grr!

I have absolutely no motivation to lift weights. Briefly thought about bringing back the Magic Trainer, but after two conversations yesterday reminded me I ( Read more... )

The other night, it took me three books to find something to read. The first was something I found on the librarians' recommendations shelf: it was supposedly a historical novel, but turned out to be about witches and a courtesan in denial about her powers. Whatevs. The second was a murder mystery set in Virginia hunt-and-vineyard country; the ( Read more... )

One of the most interesting things about playing NationStates is that I've been getting some interesting insights into my own political leanings and indoctrination. For example, while New Messaline is usually an Inoffensive Centrist Democracy, with the occasional day of New York Times Democracy, Capitalist Paradise, or Left-Leaning College State ( Read more... )

I don't think I could ever be a politician - I don't understand by what calculus Dodd and Gore thought it would be a good idea to endorse Lamont. If you have a colleague you've worked with for years and someone is gunning for him, I'd think that you're better off being loyal, bc if zie loses, you just say something about your respect for zie built ( Read more... )

I think Lileks reads my LJ: several days ago I wrote about lochai giving me grief for my use of the word "fine" and yesterday Lileks wrote about how HE replies to the question "How are you doing?". :) Also wanted to link to his column about what the Gnat calls him, both bc it's sweet and funny and bc it's very personally relevant: as part of my teenage ( Read more... )

I was adjusting my friends reading list recently and realized that the best way of getting on my reading list is to have a kid, followed by seeing me out of town or having red hair. Heh. There's Lileks and Vodkapundit (although he needs to post instead of mucking about with the kid) and ( Read more... )

While running this morning, I listened to a podcast from MilitaryHistoryPodcast.blogspot.com. I've tried to listen to a few in the past and never found them particularly interesting, but decided that maybe if I concentrate harder, I'd like them. NO. The guy just reads lists of dates when things happened, e.g. this morning's listening was titled ( Read more... )

Anybody know how to turn something like this into a syndicated feed on LJ? (Yes, I know there already is a Instapundit feed on LJ, I'm talking about something LIKE it.) I've been finding so many interesting blogs lately and I'm now hip deep in things I keep meaning to add to my reading list ( Read more... )

I had cream and a baked potato that needed to be used up. Clearly it was time for ( potatoes a la Alton )

Scott Adams is a pretty smart guy. How smart is he? In this post, he gives his "Mad Money" take on a variety of topics. I like his answer to "Most futuristic thing you wish would be invented now?". Let's just say it would change the face of riot control forever *coughs*

The quote of the month came from a PhD with whom I work: yes; by 2050 ( Read more... )