I have decided to start a campaign against text messages. Why, you might ask? Well, it partly has to do with the fact that I'm on an old plan, in which I pay 35 cents per text message. This wasn't a problem back when I was getting, say, one text message every week or two. However, a strange thing about the East Coast, that didn't happen on the West ( Read more... )

My friend Allen posted this on his facebook profile, and now I need to share this with the world. It's a music video promoting an automated pipetting machine!

http://www.eppendorf.com/int/hawkpopup.php?contentid=13

American Apparel Thermochromatic Jersey T Shirt!Thank God I am moving to Pittsburgh, where I won't have this insidious habit of constant clothes-shopping compromising my otherwise staunchly anti-capitalist ideals. My roommate Tim and I found a very nice apartment on the border between Oakland and Shadyside early on in our search, so rather than ( Read more... )

Guys. I think I have to buy this ( Read more... )

Saw a couple of artsy foreign films this week. I appreciated all of them, although I only really "enjoyed" one; and I put "enjoyed" in quotes because I was frigging terrified the whole time and watched it through the latticework of my fingers as I covered my eyes ( Read more... )

One of my friends posted this on his facebook profile (yes, facebook CAN be a tool of valuable communication, community empowerment, and learning). There are *so* many things that are absolutely appalling about this article and its contents. In addition to obliviousness about racism, there's also the obliviousness about the intersection of race and ( Read more... )

The medical section of the Berkeley Free Clinic is currently accepting applications for our 2008 Winter/Spring training! Become part of a clinic community working to empower and give care to those who need it most. You'll receive in depth training in topics ranging from STD testing, upper respiratory infections, dermatology, and ear infections to ( Read more... )

Yayayayayay!

I take a red-eye from SFO to Des Moines on Friday Nov. 30 and come back to SF on Sunday, Dec. 2. Yes, I will only be in Des Moines for one full day.

Burma Freedom March ( Read more... )

L: ... Phil and Hilary together ... Philary Sticks ( Read more... )