I usually work from home but yesterday went into the office for a meeting and "Semester 2 kick off" with my boss and our instructional designer. My boss treated us to a) a million cups of fancy white tea at the Panama Hotel b) Dim Sum c) Bubble Tea. We did cover some actual work, but also talked a lot about some exciting business ideas in the ( Read more... )

Just checked on Olympics Rowing results. Matt Deakin whom I coxed our Freshman year at UW just won the US's first gold since 1964 for the Men's Eight. Go team ( Read more... )

Well, as usual it's the fourth week of August and summer appears to be over. This moment of realization every year makes me both sad because we have so many days like this ahead for so many months and excited for a cozy autumn and winter ( Read more... )

This site rules.
http://www.uglydress.com
Especially "The Prom Patriot" and the "Pregnant Prom Dress."

Dude, is this for real ( Read more... )

for techie and political friends:
http://vevo.verifiedvoting.org/techwatch/
Don't know much about this, but it was mentioned on digital eve and looks like a good idea. Especially since Congress said no to UN election observers.

Finished "True at First Light," by Ernest Hemingway last night. I loved it. It's his "slightly fictionalized" journals from his extensive safari in Kenya with his fourth wife, Mary ( Read more... )

Wow. I just finished "On a Move, the story of Mumia abu-Jamal" by Terry Bisson last night. That book is frightening. I recommend it.

http://www.britenow.com/brite.shtml
Created by a UW grad student. The articles she links to are also worth a glance.

http://www.hipstersareannoying.com/archive/2003_01_05_archive.html#87021550
(scroll up)