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Triathlon recap
In my head, after all the months of training, it was still a near thing whether or not I would go through with the triathlon ( Read more... ) -
You might go to a lot of meetings if...
...you know exactly how long it takes you to get to the bathroom and back. (3 minutes ( Read more... ) -
50/50 Challenge update
I made progress on both fronts this week.
I finished The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. I found it to be a fairly light read for non-fiction about science and race, but worthwhile and entertaining. The historical perspective on the importance of cell cultures in research was new to me, and contrasting the perspectives of the high-info ( Read more... ) -
50/50 Challenge
Book-side
When we last saw our heroine, she was working her way through Shadow Unit, Season 2After doing a small touch of research in the forums, it looks like according to the official Hugo cutoffs for word count, the combined 9 episodes add up to roughly 6 novels. So yay, since I have just finished Season 2 and am about to embark on Season 3 I ( Read more... ) -
50/50 Challenge
I decided to hop on the proverbial bandwagon. I don't think either goal will be too much of a stretch, but it seems interesting just to keep track for a while. So, here's the list for January.
Books:
The Ghost Map, by I forgot to check the author while I had it in hand. A scientific investigation piece that reads like a crime thriller. Good ( Read more... ) -
5 questions meme
From ladybirdkiller 1) If you had to choose to only knit, spin or weave which would you ( Read more... ) -
Heh
One of the major applications I use at work is being upgraded, so we're all being directed to the support team's site to get patches and such. Among the various patches and new software instances is a link titled "Need a laugh?". When you click on it, it plays Nelson crowing "Ha HA ( Read more... ) -
Silks and Needles recap
I had a really lovely weekend. Based on an offhand comment to David and Sophia on Monday, I got swooped into their plans, which meant that the whole expedition was turned from me driving to Fargo solo and staying in a hotel alone to getting a ride Sophia and David and Griffin, all of whom were excellent company, and staying at Sophia's parents' ( Read more... ) -
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THIS is why I strongly believe that all elections should be done on paper ballots. Because it means that when there's any question about what happened, there is a physical record of every. single. vote ( Read more... ) -
Link farm
Today's knitting calendar project is a "Pi Dishcloth", which looks very Midrealm to me. But google informs me that the green/red/white stripe motif makes it a Christmas Dishcloth. Funny how the calendar doesn't mention the Christmas part since they put it in almost-April.
Fun fact of the moment, courtesy of my current book - Brazil was named ( Read more... )