Foodwise, I'm a happy camper. We went out for shwarma tonight and my belly is full of turkey and pickled vegetables and pita and chips. Mmmm ( Read more... )

Awesome! ::giggles madly::


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A happy Darwin Day to everyone! I'd like to say I'm going to celebrate, but actually I'm going to spend the day working and trying not to strangle my daughter or her friend Isabelle. I figure somebody on Scienceblogs.com will post something interesting about Darwin and reading that will be my celebration ( Read more... )

WTF? Can someone explain the following master's thesis title to me? Has the SCA taken over a university and I missed it?

Factors affecting goal compleation of adult basic education students in the Northeast Kingdom of VermontI know I've got some upper northeast folks on my flist and I hope there's a good explanation for this, because I'm having a ( Read more... )

While I was describing my day yesterday, I completely forgot to mention the most annoying part. I was discussing Barak's minor digestive issues with the pediatrician and said that I'd tried taking dairy and other foods out of Barak's diet, with no effect. So the doctor suggested I try taking dairy out of my diet. ::headdesk:: Whoop-de-doo. I need ( Read more... )

A belated thank you to pinkfinity and mscongeniality for my dreidels and, of course, pinkfinity for my lovely Santa Cthuluclaus gift :D

I've been busy on Yuletide (no longer at Defcon: Bears, thankyewverymuch) and the Suddenly Sprockets! website, which goes live on Tuesday, come hell or high water. I suspect that sweetgrinch has reached hell and high water isn't far behind ( Read more... )

I'm going to choose to celebrate the fact that I didn't just waste sweetgrinch's time with a stupid question via e-mail :D ( Read more... )

I've been trying to figure out a way to convince everyone that I need to go to the Yom Kippur discussion between services and not the services themselves ;) Although I'm not actually sure it would be any better for my blood pressure, it would certainly be more interesting. This year's discussion is about the WSJ's Man vs. God dueling essays between ( Read more... )

Mara--I hear you cry--what could the universe do to make you more miserable? What would be the sensible thing to make you more eager to stick your head in a gas oven ( Read more... )

• So TNT is going to have a show with Ray Romano, Scott Bakula, and Andre Braugher? This will either be the most awesome thing ever or it will be terrifying. I honestly can't decide which.
• Barak is trying to turn onto his stomach, but he is instead turning himself in a circle. He's getting quite annoyed by this fact.
• You'd be surprised how ( Read more... )