Life has been busy lately! The new chip came in last week at work, so my mornings are really full (my shift on the new board), and my afternoons moderately so. I've also been doing stuff to get ready for my Dad's party this Saturday. He's turning 60 which is a pretty big deal in the Indian world ( Read more... )

It's been a while...this one is spot on (except that it's closer to 5:30pm with my current schedule).


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It matches with what I've decided on my own, though honestly I haven't paid any attention to Chris Dodd. Of the top 3, I'd be equally happy with Obama or Clinton or Edwards, with Edwards being a close third choice. I like Joe Biden, too, but I don't really think he has a chance to get the Dem nomination.

82% Chris Dodd
77% Hillary Clinton
77% ( Read more... )

I was digging through old email and ran across this little ditty I wrote for the bride at the Roatan wedding a few years ago:
You're about to embark on wedded bliss,
Your vows will soon be sealed with a kiss,
But the key to a long and happy life,
When living together as husband and wife,
Is not so much to love, honor, or obey,
but to always meet each ( Read more... )

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/12/17/people.arthurcclarke.ap/index.html

He's made it to 90, and he seems to be as sharp as ever!

"Earlier this week, former Halliburton/KBR employee Jamie Leigh Jones revealed that in 2005 she had been “raped by multiple men at a KBR camp”in Baghdad. For the past two years, her congressman, Rep. Ted Poe(R-TX), has been pushing the federal government to investigate the matter, but he “says neither the department of State nor Justice will give ( Read more... )

Today's air is even worse than yesterday's. I can no longer see the source of the Santiago fire in the hills. I can no longer see the hills, period. There's just smoke in every direction with a layer of fine ash coating the parking lots. It's now blanketing everything from the coast to the Santa Ana mountains ( Read more... )

"One of the blazes, the Ammo fire, raised concern because it was at the base of San Onofre Peak and was climbing toward an array of telecommunications equipment at the top. The San Onofre nuclear plant is on the other side, prompting a request from Schwarzenegger to bring in air tankers to douse the flames ( Read more... )

Gaffled from lilamp

These are the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing's users (as of some particular day that is currently not today).

Rules: Bold what you've read, italicize what you own but haven't yet read, and underline what you don't own but know you would like to read.

( the list )

Gaffled from fireyice. I posted this in a comment in her journal, but I'm reposting here (mostly to have my own record).

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