I think I've figured out the right word to describe me. Before I got to it, I considered and discarded all of these ( Read more... )

Thesis is at 78 pages. I think it's 78 pages of crap, and it still needs to be quoted in long stretches, but I'll take it ( Read more... )

Back on August 1, 2005, for our first wedding anniversary, Emma bought me my first lacrosse stick. I loved it immediately; I took it to work, I took it out socially, I even napped with it. I started playing catch with it as often as possible. And it was in my hand when, six months later, I assembled a full set of pads and started practicing for ( Read more... )

If I could be anywhere, doing anything right now, do you know where I'd be? Northern Africa ( Read more... )

Warning: self-pitying entry ahead ( Read more... )

This is the story of one of the most exciting days of my entire life. But let's start from the beginning ( Read more... )

My paper has grown by seven pages during the editing & quoting process. It was already 27 pages to start with. Also, I've been at this since about 5:30, and I'm only 75% finished. I expect it's got another two hours and three pages left in it ( Read more... )

Well, we all knew this was coming. The OPP have invaded Six Nations territory. I was asked to distribute this information as widely as possible, so here it is; this is the e-mail notice I received ( Read more... )

1: Conference paper is a complete mess. I'm not sure it's salvagable, and I present in a little over a week.

2: Paper for Tully, do at the end of the month, has yet to be started. Shit. I don't even know what i'm writing about, and it's likely to be a 30-40 pager.

3: I have the fucking flu. Timing = awesome!

Okay, because Lyanne told me to, I went to Wikipedia, looked up my birthday (minus year) and I now present the following three facts, two births and a death!

Facts:
1861 - American Civil War: The "Star of the West" incident. (Considered by some to be the "First Shots of the American Civil War.")
1905 - According to the Julian Calendar which was ( Read more... )