It's official - I'm going home on Monday; I just bought my train ticket.  Good ol' Amtrak.  They offer one train a day in each direction (Chicago-St. Paul), an eight and a half hour ride either way.  Talk about a fun time: a six-hour journey through the wonderful state that is Wisconsin.

It's too bad travel by train isn't as practical as it is ( Read more... )

  I wonder if Seven Eleven stores have better business on today's date . . .

One more week here at good ol' Northwestern before I head home.  Although it's looking like I may be back again in August to help finish up the research.  Blah - I just never seem to leave this place.

I met another Stargate fan last night at Rocco's place.  Excellent; ( Read more... )

  So I'd recommend both movies I went to see this weekend, Spiderman 2 and Fahrenheit 9/11.
  Spiderman 2 = solid movie.  More character development and romance than the first but still good action/sfx.  And Alfred Molina is super, as always.  And by the way, the movie has averaged $30 million a day over its first six days.  So Spiderman 3 ( Read more... )

  So this is my first entry in my own personal weblog.  Super.  I've decided to start up my own blog, independent of Bobo and my joint Xanga, mainly not to ruin the 'feel' of that site.  This one will be more, well, different; we'll see just how different.  And in case someone feels the urge to comment on this site, they won't have to join to do so ( Read more... )