me: Did I correctly read your mind in my reply to the...
chenoameg: Yes.

But the words on screen don't really capture the speed and certainty with which she said it!

Elsewhere (in a locked post), people were saying:I wish I had as much ______ as my reputation seems to have.
I'm not sure how I would fill in the blank on that one. In fact, I don't really know what my reputation is up to, if anything. So I leave it to the wisdom of LiveJournal ( Read more... )

OK, why does the LJ icon for the "curious" mood look so sad? That's not what curiosity looks like! Puzzlement, perhaps. Perplexitude, if only it were a word. But not curiosity ( Read more... )

http://www.livejournal.com/users/chanaleh/104893.html?thread=810173

(Admittedly, chanaleh isn't exactly my type, though I can't put my finger on why, but she is hot, and in any case, I'm just sayin' the commenter there has a valid point about wordplay.)

tirinian reminds us that it is National Coming Out Day!

Clearly I should come out or something. :)
I should see whether any of the events at MIT interest me (and are happening when I'm not otherwise busy, like with that "work" thing).

I have a new bed! Futon frame and futon, to be specific! I think I will not use the nifty "bed elevators" I borrowed, alas. Their height plus the clearance of the bed would just barely fail to be tall enough for my one tall bin. So I think I punt that bin. And besides, the bed is pretty the way it is ( Read more... )

The biggest issue this election is something called flip-flopping, and all candidates are accused of doing it. A strong leader is expected to maintain steadfast resolve in his opinion even if the environment changes or he gets new information. In any other context, that would be considered the first sign of a brain tumor. When presidents do it, ( Read more... )

I voted! And then afterward I talked to the nice NGLTF volunteer hanging out near my polling place.

Those who vote in MA should go vote in primaries today! And those who can should go vote for Carl. Check WhereDoIVoteMA.com if you're not sure where you vote, which district you're in, etc.

The German word for velvet is Samt. The German word (well, phrase) for corduroy is gerippter Samt. So says http://dict.leo.org/ . I am duly amused ( Read more... )

I just read a rather disturbing column from the New York Times. Does anyone have pointers to actual information about the events the author references?

I had heard about the buggy list of felons, but not the state troopers.