This is still here, and so am I. Welcome back, friend.

1. I have carpal tunnel in at least one wrist. This is from my formatting job, plus general wear and tear. Now I have a sweet brace to wear while sleeping and working. At the ripe old age of 20 ( Read more... )

so this book by charles wheelan, naked economics, is pretty amusing. a few quotes ( Read more... )

d had surgery today to remove a lump on his back. it was scheduled, etc. the surgeon thought it was a fatty tumor, but d's mother was correct; it was a sebaceous cyst. apparently it was huge, like a smooth white marble. they don't think it's dangerous, but they're sending it to the lab to be sure. it was day surgery-- or sugary, as we like to ( Read more... )

once you type enough, subjects and verbs are bound to disagree just to get the best of each other.

so i bought a common album the other day, and it had the website of his foundation on the case, so i thought, hey, i'll check it out.

its headquarters are literally two blocks from my apartment.

holy shit, i've probably seen him walking around.

you know you're a real dork when you make someone an iTunes playlist and it's got a podcast (or series of them) on it. my life will never be the same again; how can you ever be completely bored with the triple threat of podcasts, an actual radio, and a mindless computer job complete with streaming npr webcasts? sometimes my job is like being paid ( Read more... )

so i'm kind of on a download tear now that my computer is fixed, because i love the thrill of installing new software that i think will make my computer run better and make my internet experience more enjoyable.

and my download tear is intersecting my public radio fixation in huge ways.

at Chicago Public Radio, you can download Pubcatcher, which ( Read more... )

there was a bird on the fourth floor of the reg today (my regular floor). or rather, not really a bird, but a pigeon. there seems to be an emerging trend. so i started writing a story that may or may not knit together parts of stories i've been working on for a year or so. and these bird occurences ( Read more... )

me: robert siegel speaks german
David: sarah,
me: he just said "steingart" with a perfect accent
David: of COURSE he speaks German
me: why of course?
David: that's exactly the sort of thing robt. siegel WOULD do.
me: HAHAHA