a dissertation wordle, because everybody else is doing it:

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Okay, now, I'd say we're about 3/4 moved. Just as I suspected though, that last quarter, the books and CDs that were overflowing downstairs and have no real place upstairs are sort of languishing in and out of boxes in our old living room. We also still have a bit of finishing work to do. The biggest thing being putting up the pocket door leading ( Read more... )

Our renovation of the second floor is nearly complete. We're going to start moving up there the week of July 13th! I'm so excited. Things are looking beautiful up there. The bathrooms still need to be completed, the kitchen appliances need to be installed, the floors need to be cleaned, and some painting touch ups are also necessary, but other than ( Read more... )

The same thing just happened to me that always happens to me when I start browsing NY apartments: I became paralyzed with terror ( Read more... )

I just want to say, for the record, that I have had a really great, totally awesome, 1960s Barbra Streisand musical- type month. You all always hear when I'm having a bad go of it, but I want to make sure that I spread the cheer as well. It's important to just take a minute and celebrate the good feeling that's permeated this June. I am full of ( Read more... )

Hilzoy over at Obsidian Wings has perfect pitch on evaluating the news that the Obama administration is drafting an executive order granting it the power to authorize indefinite detention:In this country, we have what we call "laws". When you break a law, you can be tried, and, if the government can prove your guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, you ( Read more... )

nate silver over at the happy stats blog fivethirtyeight breaks down the basics on the necessity of a public health insurance option and why the only reasons to oppose it are ideological.I'm a big believer in the profit motive in 99 percent of all cases. If the government decided to open a non-profit hamburger stand, I doubt that it would compete ( Read more... )

An interesting article from Newsweek online:Several pairs of eyes follow the girl as she pedals around the ( Read more... )

I need to get these up on facebook, but I'm having trouble with the photo plug-in right now and there's no way i'm gonna be putting this many images up through their manual application. sigh.

in the meantime, here's a ( taste. )

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