I'm in San Francisco (I know, I should have told people I was coming, but life hasn't been a very together place for me lately) with a free afternoon this afternoon. Anyone with ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Anna

I realized that I hadn't updated in a while, and that the goings on in my life are complicated. So, here is a summary, in list form ( Read more... )

My computer is having issues. In particular my laptop (12 inch powerbook), is making really loud fan noises. Of course, I can't get it to reproduce these noises for the Apple people who hand out warranty stuff, since I have to use it (while running Firefox) for a good long while to make the noises. The solution they give is to use Safari. I don ( Read more... )

I have support from Cornell for the coming school year! This is good news in that it means that I can move rather than find a new adviser, something that I have decided is the lesser of two evils. There are still a few logistics to be ironed out, but over all this seems like the right choice. I guess I'm moving to Ithaca...but for now, my alarm ( Read more... )

I'm sick.  I hate being sick.  This morning I got up, felt lousy and told myself that it would be ok with some tea from the coffee cart.  It wasn't, not really.  By 10 am no fewer than three people had told me that I should really just go home (including my very sweet office mate who offered to cover my office hours).  I did give up and go home at ( Read more... )

I just listened to Rev. Wright's entire National Press Club speech, plus the questions and answers. He was erudite and well spoken. He stuck (for the most part) to talking about what he knows and what he came to talk about: race and religious tradition in America, and boy did he do an excellent job. He said what seems to be what he really thinks ( Read more... )

Well, life has been pretty crazy in my neck of the woods lately. Some things that have been going on, in no particular order ( Read more... )

Are playing dance/electronica loudly at 11:15 on a Sunday. I want to be asleep. I also don't want to have to get dressed to go and talk to them about this issue. Grump!

Thought you all would like to know that everything here seems to have calmed down. Everything is fine.

I think that it is worth announcing to people who are watching this from afar that it is very rare indeed for civilians (as opposed to firefighters or military personnel tasked to fire crews) to die in wildland fires in Southern California. If you do what they say, and leave when they say you need to leave, you will almost certainly be safe. The ( Read more... )