The past few days have been a whirlwind of holiday activities ( Read more... )

Hey, Ian's home! Here's what he's done since arriving ( Read more... )

My dad, at dinner, started talking about how he had a meeting today because he's on a committee for promoting women in science, and they gave a talk to the head of some department, like to say, hey, maybe you should at least consider looking at a woman when you search for faculty? No?, and said head of such department said they don't like to hire ( Read more... )

Hey there! Here are some things I did today ( Read more... )

I am BAKED OUT ( Read more... )

Last night my mom was telling us how, one summer, she and her friend got jobs with the government, where they basically did data entry on a pre-mainframe-computer computer. Like, everything printed out because there were no screens ( Read more... )

Actual conversation had in my house tonight:

scene: I'm watching TV. My dad walks in.

Dad (affecting great surprise): WHAT?! You're watching a show that isn't a dead people show?!
*pause*
me: The name of this show is "Bones".
*pause*
Dad: Well! Carry on, then!

Good to know that my reputation lives on.

Man, I was going to post about my day, but it would have involved a lot of whining about things that went stupid. So, instead, I will tell you about a conversation I had with my dad! Who is a crazy kind of guy who does things like, say, when I show him a picture of about 10 red ornaments (And no others! Only red!) in a catalog and express ( Read more... )

I got back from grocery shopping with my mom today, and Ross helped us carry all the groceries in. We were going to eat lunch before we put them away, so he piled them all over the counters and the stove. And then a few minutes later he went outside, and my mom came in and shoved some more bags on the stove ( Read more... )

We went down to visit Ross at Purdue today. It was kind of a short whirlwind visit, but it was reasonably fun ( Read more... )