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[badnoodles]

Thank the maker! I managed to unfuck the boot partition on my main computer at home. Not only do I have access to LJ on a full size keyboard instead of Swype, I can listen to music. Loudly. With profanity. I know my desktop is getting old, and it struggles with java and flash-heavy websites. But it still works. And it's got a decent monitor

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[urbpan]

Congratulations on passing your boards! I wish you were just a little closer so I could come by and say hi, but West Virginia is one of those states I'm literally afraid of. 'Course, I felt the same about Texas until I went there. The fact that you are looking forward to a trip to PITTSBURGH is telling.

[badnoodles]

I've looked into heading up to New England - it's not a part of the country where I've ever spent much time. But it's a 10-12 hour drive from here to Boston, depending on if you go through NYC or not. So it'll take one of the longer breaks before I go that far.

I will say this - the town, the department, and my students are far more multicultural than I expected. I have had the best chicken tikka masala I've ever eaten, and a really tasty version of bi bim bap. But the less said about the travesty that is the local take on "Mexican", the better.

[urbpan]

I'm glad it's working out pretty well, at least food-wise. When we were considering moving I always checked the city for Indian and Thai food.

If you make it to New England, let me know!

[telophase]

I have done the "live in one place for only a year" thng, and it sucks. Especially since it was South Dakota and pre-intartubes (well, for widepsread finding-interesting-people purposes), so there was really no way to meet anyone.