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I believe I'll vote for a third Democrat!
A top-two primary with only two candidates is somehow even weirder than an uncontested election. I can vote for either Amy Walen or Cindi Bright, but both will certainly appear on the ballot again in November, so . . .
(And both of them are from the same party, namely the Democrats. But I can't decide if that makes it less weird, or more.) -
Ran's bar mitzvah.
I went to Chabad this morning to say a mi shebeirach, and as I came in, I saw a sign that said it was Ran's bar mitzvah ( Read more... ) -
San Francisco!
I went to San Francisco last weekend to visit Funty, who's on the verge of moving back to Boston. It was fun!
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New personal policy.
New personal policy: no full meals at Jack in the Box. -
Electoral college.
It seems like the electoral college has two options tomorrow, both of which are bad for our democracy ( Read more... ) -
More common knowledge.
Today I learned that a Fire TV is not a TV. -
Common knowledge.
Two things I've learned recently:
- the Washington Redskins are from the other Washington
- stocking stuffers are not necessarily literally stuffed into stockings -
Escape!
I just watched Zootopia. It turned out to be exactly the right dose of escapism. Thanks, Disney! -
"The Female Brain"
Apparently they're making a movie based on Louann Brizendine's pop-pseudoscience book The Female Brain?
I'm starting to suspect that Hollywood simply doesn't care about quality science. :-/ -
New laptop!
My laptop died the other week. Quoting from my Facebook post at the time ( Read more... )