I believe one of the two cats I posted about was rescued. Not sure which one. The cute one ( Read more... )

Yo, through torturous twists and turns, a co-worker passed along two pictures of a couple of kittens that need rescuing pronto.


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I'm sure that 97% of the folks who read this, and might care to know, already know, but it feels nice to announce it all ufficial-like and so forth.

I'm now living in Hyde Park, and am a student in the Computer Science Program for Professionals at the University of Chicago. Barring some strange catastrophe, I'll be taking two courses in the fall, ( Read more... )

Much thanks to hal2814jordan for keeping us in extremely delicious meat during the Superbowl on Sunday. I partook of bbq-grilled hamburgers, bbq-grilled brats, and bbq-grilled chicken sandwiches, over the course of six hours of pregame chit-chat, football game-watching, and boardgame-playing ( Read more... )

The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams
The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman ( Read more... )

Update: Fuck. This is a hoax. False alarm.

"Brilliant Screen" is front for a series of email harvesting sites. Don't fill out the "survey", if you haven't done so. The contact information is completely bogus.

I apologize profusely for letting hope run ahead of me.

*gnash*

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Seriously:

Registrant ( Read more... )

It has been a while since I've poked my head above the waters. Some things have happened, mostly good.

I'm working for the University of Chicago Press, as a production controller for their Web Peer Review system. There's an opening on our team. There are actual several openings in different places all over the building, so, worth poking around, if ( Read more... )

List ten songs that you are currently digging... it doesn't matter what genre they are from, whether they have words, or even if they're no good but they must be songs you're really enjoying right now. Post these instructions, the artists, and the ten songs in your blog. Then tag five other people to see what they're listening to:

samadore tagged me; I ( Read more... )

Some co-workers of mine have found, and are taking care of for the moment, a stray cat. Seems nice, affectionate, needs neutering, I think there's a coupon for having that done at PAWS in it for the folks that end up taking him.

Interested parties are welcome to drop me an email/comment and I'll hook you up.

The Dead live.