Apparently, I am really more introverted than I realized, because I am doing a terrible job telling people that Z and I are getting married next summer. We're going to have the wedding in NM on June 13th at a nearby ski hill.

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I have better, more positive things to write about. But this is what has been weighing on my head for the past few weeks. A woman I met about four months ago has been ALS. She's one of those people that you meet and suddenly she's all over your life. I usually see her and/or her husband 2-3 times a week through one means or another. I really ( Read more... )

1. Dead mouse behind the door of my office. I spend a lot of time at work with my door closed and facing the door. I couldn't handle looking at the dead mouse with the door closed and the door open was killing my concentration. Because I am working on a proposal with the ex-CalTech prof and gorgo, I included in an e-mail that the dead mouse was ( Read more... )

I've been pissed about Palin's language since her part of the campaign started. I think the whole "pro-America" comments have become the proverbial straw on the camel's back. I live in a town that is split 50/50 on political lines but exists entirely to serve this country. To assume that the 50% that are not interested in voting for McCain are ( Read more... )

So is anyone on Mirena? I know bitty is, but I only found two posts on the insertion. IUD_Divas kind of freaked me out. Is 3 months of cramping the norm ( Read more... )

There was a new girl at knitting last night. We were talking about House and she said, "Oh, I remember that episode. I had the exact same symptoms as that girl, too. My anti-psychotic drugs made me lactate." It took us a while to get the conversation started again after that.

Oct 1st marks the second year anniversary that I would no longer live my financial life the way that I had. For years, I lived hand to mouth, even when I made a lot of money. Then the last year in grad school I went seriously into debt. When I bought my condo two years ago, I was unable to save the 20% for the down payment and mortgaged ( Read more... )

Because we are unable to keep cats alive with the coyotes, we now have indoor and outdoor fish. One of my knitting friends was joking about the indoor fish the other night, "One more peep out of you and you'll become an outdoor fish!" Z made a fish pond out of an old recycling bin that he got from the dump. It's about 4' tall so the fish can ( Read more... )

Is anyone using it? I like Pandora, I like the idea of something like Pandora using my library, but I don't necessarily like the idea of sending my library information to the Apple store. Is it worth the invasion of privacy?

I am in Annapolis for the week. What is with this humidity thing!?