Forget about the collapsing economy. Forget about terrifying right wing she-beasts. What you need is a giant turkey leg to gnaw on, and a yard of beer to wash it down.

By which I mean, who's up for a trip to King Richard's Faire in Carver???

( clicky for scheduling if you're interested! )

Perhaps you've seen this already, but I had to share. I was tickled to find out that a couple of organic chemists put together NanoPutians, i.e. anthropomorphic molecules. These are actual molecular structures which happen to look amazingly like stick figures. Not only is it hilarious, it is apparently Actual Science, as it was published in the ( Read more... )

After a few weeks of walking to the T along the bike path (aka dog park), I can confirm that this is reliably true. Plus, science says it's so! See funny photos here.

My work presentation this week went very well. I've gotten "great job" emails from several of the office directors, and the dean whose baseline facial expression always strikes me as vaguely disapproving said "it couldn't have gone better!" GO ME!!

In other good news, I treated myself recently to an Amazon splurge, and the spoils are finally ( Read more... )

I need to get a bridesmaid's dress taken in. I've used Eleni in Davis Sq. for hemming pants, but I don't know whether to trust her with a gown. Any recommendations? Preferably in Cambridge or Somerville.

The network at work was down all morning. As all of my files are saved on the shared drive, I rapidly gave up trying to work.

To entertain myself, I started poking around in the documents saved to my computer (basically all personal stuff). Luckily I remembered that weeks ago I saved The Big Read list. I’ve been too busy to go ( Read more... )

Forget new car smell, worry about this: Toxic Chemicals Found In Common Scented Laundry Products, Air Fresheners

|-------| THIS FAR AWAY FROM A GUN-TOTING RAMPAGE.

WHEW!! What a weekend. We worked our asses off moving on Saturday. My back is decidedly sore, and I shit you not, my biceps are noticeably bulging today. We had much needed and much appreciated help from
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Well. It turns out that we'll be schlepping boxes on the first near-100-degree day of the summer (tomorrow). Crap on a crap cracker ( Read more... )