FYI...

I told Comcast to cut off my cable and internet at the end of this billing cycle, which should be on Sunday. We'll see if that actually happens on time, but at least that is the earliest my TV and internets could disappear. So I may be out of digital contact from home for a bit, until I get totally settled in back at home in Jersey.Yippee

Holy good news, Batman ( Read more... )

"In an essay, discuss how your personal background informs your decision to pursue a graduate degree. Please include any educational, familial, cultural, economic, or social experiences, challenges, or opportunities relevant to your academic journey; how your life experiences contribute to the social, intellectual, or cultural diversity within your ( Read more... )

The Muppets do Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody"

:D

So this past Saturday was my Grandma's 90th birthday and there was a big party. Yay! I was totally the youngest person there by a good 20 years, which ended up with a few lulz, the best of which I thought I needed to share ( Read more... )

I AM NOW OFFICIALLY A SCIENTIST!! Or, at least I feel like it.

You can now search databases of scientific journal articles and get the article Dearborn and I published. See below for the screencap from Biological Abstracts (click to zoom in).


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So ever since Alec and I watched the two-hour episode of Robin Williams on Inside the Actors Studio, I've been on a ItAS kick, and I particularly like James Lipton's version of Bernard Pivot's adaptation of Marcel Proust's Questionnaire that he asks at the end of every show.  So here goes and I'd love it if y'all decided to procrastinate a little ( Read more... )

For anyone who cares (aka certain puppies) and just in case the e-mail gets lost in my inbox, here is my flight information for February, barring any other unexpected changes:

Saturday, February 6, 2010
Delta Flight 1007: Depart Philadelphia @ 7:10AM >> Arrive in Atlanta @ 9:49AM
Delta Flight 1041: Depart Atlanta @ 10:50AM >> Arrive in San Diego @ 12 ( Read more... )

Thanks to everyone for all the awesome birthday wishes.  Today was, prior to 11:57pm when I walked back into my apartment, a damn fine day.  Nothing extraordinary, just a good, productive day, then went home to see my mom and have dinner.

However, this morning I noticed Oddment looking a little... off.  She was rather floofed up, meaning that she ( Read more... )

Question for all of you out there:  do I look like I work in retail?  Like is it the way I stand or something?  The way I generally dress?  Because I get asked more often than normal if I work at places when I am shopping in them.  I really don't understand it.  And what is most amusing is that most of such places do actually have a uniform of some ( Read more... )