So, I'm done with my civ pro final, and am now sitting around wasting time before I start studying for crim. I'm glad that they're spaced out and I don't have to study for more than one thing at once, but this whole having to study for two solid weeks is getting a bit tiresome ( Read more... )

Today at my hockey game, I discovered that the center on my line helped produce a Labatt's commercial that featured our goalie. Unfortunately it was not the one where the bear was making all these ridiculous saves, because that's the only one I could remember ( Read more... )

Patricia and I went to the UCLA-USC hockey game last night. Let me tell you something: that was good times ( Read more... )

From an interview in a clearly relevant news source:Q: Who's your favorite athlete ( Read more... )

It seems that the Votemaster, who I have been checking in on about twenty times a day, is Andrew Tanenbaum. Yes, the Andrew Tanenbaum who wrote our Operating Systems textbook and MINIX, among other things ( Read more... )

Here's what happens when they let scientists use their skillz for other things:

NASA photo analyst: Bush wore a device during debate

GUY NEXT TO ME: "Wow, you type fast. Let me guess... used to be a programmer?"
MY RESPONSE: "Yeah, but that was like a whole week ago."

And that is my "Get Kicked In The Gut By The Fact That That My Life Has Totally Changed Moment" for the evening.

Ah, an exciting game! This was on the olympic-sized ice where we always play well, so I was hoping we'd win. Everybody skated pretty hard and we mostly played good defense... One of their goals came on a 3-0 breakaway, but other than that we covered pretty well. Peter had another goal off a slapshot from above the circles, Ljubo had another goal ( Read more... )

I don't know how things worked out this way, but they did. I'll be leaving for warmer climes in about two weeks, not knowing when I'll next catch on with a regular hockey league. To send me off, this week ended up being The Most Insane Hockey Week Ever. Eight games in seven days (one Monday, one Wednesday, one Thursday, three Saturday, and two ( Read more... )

So, for those of you not paying attention, Doom 3 released today. There's a couple of copies floating around work, and I got a chance to play the first level, albeit on a sub-standard graphics card and an LCD monitor. So, here's my impression so far ( Read more... )