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The lightening bug on my windsheild
Last night was the first time I can remember having a firefly splatter on my windshield while it was in the process of lightening up. It left a little bright-green glowing streak on the glass that faded over what seemed like 20 seconds.
I'm just glad it was not a deer. -
younger than springtime
V and I saw South Pacific in New York on Friday. It was really great! The staging, the songs! Highly recommended! -
Survivor: Life
As of yesterday, I concluded the first book of my life. More details later, but the next book has already started... -
Defensed
Today, I successfully defended my dissertation. The committee suggested a few changes (all for the better) and I think I've got an outstanding chance of getting done in time to file for graduation this quarter! -
Good Spoofs
I spoofed my own MAC address today to get on V's wireless network. Her roommate has stashed away the password for their wireless router and I don't remember it (having set it months ago and only used it then) and didn't want to reset every setting. Unfortunately, I had set up MAC address filtering, which is not terribly secure but useful enough to ( Read more... ) -
I Voted!
Granted, I voted last week by absentee ballot so I didn't get a sticker. Let's see some more lj acknowledgment of civic duties! -
despicable politics
I try not to entertain too much about politics on this blog. It's not a forum that I feel lends itself to decent conversation. However, today I saw something that upset me regarding supporters of a particular proposition: they were tearing the posters of their opposition down! I don't care whether you think the other side is wrong, you let them ( Read more... ) -
Airport security woes
I was sure that I had lost my ID at the airport today since it wasn't in my wallet after going through security. My guess was that it had been picked up on a tray and carried off by a TSA worker. After standing around for about 5 minutes and going through every tray that came my way I reached the end of the line. The TSA worker who had been helping ( Read more... ) -
Geek Alert: Games!
Yesterday, my all time favorite game came out on the Wii Virtual Console: The Secret of Mana. I highly doubt I will have the time to finish this game again during my lifetime, as it is very long, but it was worth buying if only to show my appreciation for a story and gameplay that had me enthralled when I was growing up. It was the best experience ( Read more... ) -
Book search
So I've been trying to find a way to borrow the next book for my book club from a library because it is only available in hardcover here in the US. Don't really want to pay hardcover prices if I can avoid them. (Books on sale and at Costco being an exception to this rule ( Read more... )