I finished my book. It was pretty ill. Towards the end he got into abiogenesis, which is the springing forth of life from non-life. That was unexpected, and most appreciated. He only explained one possible route it could have gone (RNA, if you're curious), but defended it with such detail that it left me wanting to know about other plausible ( Read more... )

I just got back from the office christmas party. It was at Paris On Ponce, which is some crazy antique botique. It's huge, and full of old stuff and mannequins. It was more than a little bit creepy. They have you enter through the back, and the party is way in some crazy side room, so at first you're just wandering alone through this bizarre ( Read more... )

This comes to you straight from "Untitled 5" on my hard drive, uncut like a gentile ( Read more... )

So my search for good Chinese takeout in my immediate neighborhood is over. I just got some Mongolian beef from "Red Pepper," and I'm very happy. First off, it was cheap, thanks to whoever invented the "lunch special." Secondly, it was a generous portion, and included plenty of rice. Brown rice, even! It also came with a pork egg roll (I don't ( Read more... )

sneaky entry from work!

if I'd gotten here at 9:00, I'd be practically out the door by now.

I just got back. I was out of the house for just over 13 hours, and I spent about three of those hours deep under the surface of Alabama ( Read more... )

I am writing this as I wait to get picked up. I'm going on a caving trip today. I'm riding to Alabama with some coworkers, and we're going to get all in some giant pit in the ground. The one guy, Andy, does this all the time. He recently went caving in a location in Peru that was only accessible on foot or by burro ( Read more... )

It looks like Bill O'Reilly has been hit with a lengthy, detailed sexual harassment suit. It doesn't look like the woman pressing charges is the first, either. She quotes him repeatedly as bragging about all the other women with whom he's had sexual relationships--I doubt very much that all of them were entirely comfortable with it ( Read more... )

"In addition, the board rewrote the definition of science, so that it is no longer limited to the search for natural explanations of phenomena."

from the salon article ( Read more... )

I swear to you, someone stopped at the light across the street from where I'm sitting right now is blasting "The Best Days of Our Lives" (or whatever it's called. The last slow song at prom.) so loud that it is the primary thing concerning my auditory cortex right now.

Who does that?