I used to think google was about the most useful thing ever, however I have had to revise my opinion. Googling "intelligent questions to ask at your bio prof's office hours so that you can dazzle him with your insight and ability to cut through the crap to the essence of the information, which will lead him to write you the most fantastic ( Read more... )

I was going to send Flexy an email with a link to the Asperger's quiz we were discussing at dinner last night, until I remembered that that's what LJ is for ( Read more... )

84 Y/O Woman Runs 257 Road Races in 2 Years - I saw a picture of her, she's adorable.

IBM Financially Backs Employees Who Want To Beome Teachers

I'm glad it's Friday...how about you?

Oh also - Holy Fucking Creepy. Where does Ms. Mimi find this crap? Oh right, the internets.

We might be taking in a hurricane evacuee!! I'm all excited and nervous...will she like us? Will she rob us? She sounds great, however, in that it's just her (and it's a her), she likes cats (has one of her own...hmmm, and may already have a job up here. She worked for the March of Dimes in LA, and they are trying to transfer her up here, so she ( Read more... )

You know what really perplexes me? How so many black folk can be so against same-sex marriage...and furthermore claim it's offensive to associate racism with homophobia.

Is the chaos FEMA/Bush/Army Corps' fault? Or is it Nagin/Blanco/NOPD's fault? The blame doesn't lie cleanly anywhere, but I'll tell you, I'm just sickened by the looters. But wait! It gets better!

New Orleans finest looting Walmart.

This labor day weekend was a good one. I got some chores done, though of course not as many as I'd hoped. I hung out with a variety of friends, did a lot of running, and had some very thought provoking conversations. I've debated posting on some of these conversations...in theory I'd love to, but in practice LJ doesn't typically end up being the ( Read more... )

I don't kow what you all are planning for the 4-6th of November, but we're headed to Delaware for the World Championships of Punkin Chunkin. Picture the best potato cannon you've ever seen...now picture a 100 foot air cannon that can throw a pumpkin almost a mile. How can you NOT go see that?

Oh! Oh! I want some please! ADD SOME CHROME TO YOUR SHOES WITH THESE BLINGIN' SPINNIN' SHOE SPINNERS

I specifically request the Cash Money Shoe Spinner - the Bling Bling Rapper Style one is also nice, but it's just a bit much for me personally. Alternatively, I'll take a Cashville Pimp Cup.

The latest from my mom is that she has been evacuated to Baton Rouge to regroup and plan for the arrival of tens of thousands of evacuees headed either there, or going through to Houston. She sounds exhausted, the volunteers have been working around the clock - she herself only got 2 hours of sleep last night and it is hard physical work they're ( Read more... )