Mmmmm. . . birthday sushi followed by my favourite Ben and Jerry's ice cream, a whoopie pie, and port. 
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In the past 30 minutes I have had 10 different fire department units in front of my home.  As few as 1 and as many as 6.  I currently have 5: 2 ladder trucks, 2 vans, and 1 engine.  An additional engine just left ( Read more... )

You just can't get rid of those pink flamingos!

The spring term is over, and I am relieved to have complete control of my schedule again.  The most pressing question for me is whether or not I should take the first of the doctoral qualifier exams this summer.  People normally take classes for two years before taking the qualifier, but I've been encouraged by some of the faculty to just "go for ( Read more... )

Thank you tawny_vixen for the posting help!

While this is hardly an adequate substitute for an update on my life, I have to share this morning's conversation with de_wolf ( Read more... )

Is anyone reading LJ right now?  Does anyone care deeply about the constitution vote and want to throw advice at me?

My parents and brother are fine.  They said it was one heck of a shake (and these are people who have been through some big quakes in California!), but no damage to the house or its contents.  There's just no power.  We are unable to reach my grandmother, but she does live on Oahu so we expect she's fine.  We think all of her phones may be ( Read more... )

Is anyone else out there terribly tempted to buy a catalogue and bid?

Hi, all!  Here's the update on the past month:

Arrived in Boston July 27th, had a lovely weekend of food and fun with tawny_vixen and de_wolf while getting reacquainted with my town.  Best quote of the weekend goes to de_wolf  for "All of the women in my bed are mean."

Followed by "The lost week": too tired from the move and too mentally exhausted ( Read more... )