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Kreyol
In two weeks I will begin classes in Haitian Creole (Kreyol) in Cambridge! Yay! I'm also making an appointment with the travel clinic to get the following vaccinations ( Read more... ) -
It is a truth universally acknowledged
The Times does a number on sad literary endings, making them just a little more cheerful.
I especially like the one concerning Tangiers. -
Debt
Well, I paid off $544.46 of debt today. My check-writing hand is tired, and perhaps I should have left myself a bit more of a cushion in my checking account, this being the first time in many months that I've had any cushion at all, but it always makes me feel good to be able to pay much more than the minimum payment on my bills. Hopefully I can do ( Read more... ) -
DC This Summer?
Certificate in Public Health and Emergency Management
Because why the hell not?
It's not an MA, so I'm not sure whether or not I'd get funding for it. Yes, they do have MA programs, but I like the looks of this, and really what I want is something to give me a boost into the Harvard Ph.D. Because that is the short-range end-goal.
I say short range ( Read more... ) -
The New Republic
The New Repulic has a new editor, and according to the Times, it's the first change in leadership in some time to come about without a coup. If a coup-less changing of the guard can happen at TNR, it can happen in Haiti.
It is too bad that Stephen Glass can't be brought back on staff to write fiction, though. Those were the days... -
And on a much less insightful note
I think I might be having the best hair day of my life. It's shiny and very brightly blonde today and is as smooth as I can expect, not having had a hair cut since September. -
On Consulting
In general, I do not think that I much approve of the consulting industry. Now, perhaps I do not understand it, but from my POV, it seems like companies that actaully make things (whether those things be chairs, newspapers, or airplane parts) hire consultants to save them money, in the meantime paying the consultants exorbidant sums of money, which ( Read more... ) -
Work Today at the JID
Today I had one review to check in, which took about ten seconds, one manuscript to load, since it was sent by mail, which almost never happens, unless it is coming from a place like Bangledesh (and this one came from Chapel Hill, but I didn't feel like asking the author to resubmit it herself over email when I was already bored by 10 am), one ( Read more... ) -
Water, Water Everywhere
Susie and I used to write silly short stories when we were younger. Oftentimes, we'd come up with a list of nouns and try to incorportae all of them into the story, no matter how peculiar it turned out to be. One such story, which we entitled Four Bobs and Brigham Young Til Showtime, was centered around a telethon to save the nation's supply of ( Read more... )
