I haven't been seen around the internets lately, so i thought i would just give everyone an update on how culinary school is going. And that is : Awesome.

I like the people (most of them) in my class. 2/3s of us are smokers, so thanks to the power of multiple ciagrette breaks in the morning, I know most of them pretty well, and we all get along. I'm ( Read more... )

During a discussion on the role of race and gender in the current presidential race, specifically referring to Gloria Steinem's editorial saying that the barrier to women is still greater than that of race. 
After a male caller has contrasted Clinton as "a progressive, typical feminist type" and "Prime Ministers like Thatcher and Merkel in Europe, ( Read more... )

 Edit: Ok, not that i'm not on the verge of smashing things, and have got some stuff worked out, I will try and be more coherent.

1) It's a laptop, and i got it so i would have something to take to school. and it's actually a really nice laptop, and Newegg sold it to me for a really good price. I just wish they also sold tech support sevices. So I ( Read more... )

 JEEEEEZE!  What's a girl gotta do to satisfy a little bit of random, non-school-related intellectual curiosity??

damn academic search engines and their DAMN PASSWORDS.

When I was 7 I decided that it was time I moved on from "kid books" which were short and easy. 
I decided that I was going to read "a big book, all the way through".

The biggest, thickest book I owned was a Calvin and Hobbes anthology, so that's what I decided to read.
(I don't know why I didn't decide to borrow one of my parent's books for this ( Read more... )

I just had to share this link.
I feel it speaks strongly to the spirit of American Entrepenurism.
It also made me giggle.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/24/us/24shopdrop.html?ei=5070&en=e3cff3be289b0572&ex=1199163600&adxnnl=1&emc=eta1&adxnnlx=1198789389-QAIZi12a/PT8aclWeX/PjA

I love where I  live.  Its a 33 degrees F morning in December and everywhere I've gone so far this morning I've seen people who are running around in just a sweater and a hat because "Hey it's sure warm out today, ey?".

for the record, my response was an automatic, "Oh, yah!" 

I finished the last official step in the Le Cordon Bleu application process today ( Read more... )

"Right now your order is being printed out in the center of our warehouse on paper made of gold.  We are all standing around waiting for it to finish and then we will place your order on a pillow as we wait for Palmer Cash to announce what you have ordered.  Standing from his podium he will ring the bell 3 times and everyone will stop what they are ( Read more... )

Last week saw Suzanne diving into the unfamiliar waters of Nordic Electronica, and deciding that it was so totally her speed!

on this week's exiting episode:

YOUTUBE!

Follow along as Suzanne makes a life altering discovery when she follows a link one of her grad students emails to her...
Watch as she explores the confusing yet fascinating highways and ( Read more... )