-Go to NYC in the fall or for MLK weekend ( Read more... )

We're spending a lot of time putting money down for summer plans. So far ( Read more... )

My flight's at 10. I find out around 6 if I have an Indian visa. What a surreal day! I'm fine either way, but am looking forward to knowing how my week is going to shape up!

I keep dreaming wild, wondrous dreams about exploring the south Pacific and near the South Pole. It was Christchurch that did it. Sydney felt like Big City, Anywhere, and most of New Zealand, while gorgeous and wonderfully deserted, didn’t have enough civilization to feel…different. But grey, chilly Christchurch, the biggest city on the South ( Read more... )

I just bought a Kindle. It is possibly the only technology I've been interested in purchasing since cell phones were invented.

Yay!

"Hi, um, I'm just wondering, have you got any kind of, like, sort of punky, electronica, kind of grime, kind of like, new wave grime, but kinda maybe more like, broken beats, like, kinda dub-y broken beats, but a little bit kinda soulful? Like kinda drum and bass-y, but kinda more broken drum and bass, kinda broken beats, but break-beat, kinda ( Read more... )

Safe for work:
http://nedroid.com/2009/05/party-cat-full-series/

My department is putting together a cocktail reception next week entitled Get the Scoop on Poop (no, really)

http://www.politico.com/blogs/anneschroeder/0509/By_far_The_Invite_of_the_Day.html

The initial reaction and ensuing comments are interesting (we figure, if you gotta talk about poop, might as well put it right out there).

The biggest surprise out of yesterday’s race was not that Deb and I knocked 10 minutes off our race time from last October’s 10 miler (although I’m jumping up and down about that one); it was seeing our bosses in the crowd cheering us on. What a total motivator! I invited a number of friends to come down, and not one of them showed but both of our ( Read more... )

I finally bought the tv converter box to ameliorate the rapidly declining technology situation in the house. Now we can see all the major networks again, plus 3 weather radar stations (umm, thanks?) and 3 PBS stations. I'm truly excited to have PBS back-it's the best thing on usually. And 30 Rock, which I can apparently watch non-stop for hours, ( Read more... )