I have heard/read a lot of varying opinions of the status of women vs. men as far as salary and equality goes. Statistics I have seen(which can be bent all sorts of ways) say that women are more likely to succeed in school and make comparable salaries if you take senority and such into account (within a few percents ( Read more... )

A couple friends of mine pointed me towards the Vibram Five Fingers running shoes and I have to say I am highly impressed. It's essentially a rubber sheath with minimal padding so that you are running in the barefoot style - striking on the ball of your foot, rather than your heel. As I understand it, there is a lot of research that shows the ( Read more... )

I am starting to plan out a week starting in Cologne and going through BeNeLux - I know I want to hit Brussels and Luxembourg for sure, but any other suggestions?

Chernobyl, 20+ years later.

Some of these look like they would be a great set for a horror flick or video game.

So I had to go through a confined spaces training thing for work - it was rather depressing.  A majority of fatalities in confined space accidents are people who see a friend/coworker having trouble or go down and try to save them.  I can understand that in some scenarios, but I found this one to be particularly saddening (and told in shameless ( Read more... )

So I was unpacking and found a bunch of old pictures from when I was younger...wow, was I a nerdy/dorky kid.  I had no idea.

If you have the chance to see this play, you should do so...it's HILARIOUS.

So I will be in ownership of a house in less than a week.  I am torn between really excitedly designing it out in my head and ZOMGPANICPANICPANIC.

It's like being about to walk down the aisle with a townhome waiting at the end (which is a weird mental image).

I have just kinda-sorta bought a house (well, townhome).  They made a counter-offer that sounds pretty good to me...yay 145k in debt.

Holy crap.

So, I took the online test for Jeopardy a few months ago and got an invite to round 2 in Kansas City in June.  It's $150 to fly out there, but I think it'd be worth it...I will have to make a commitment to study, though, b/c the artsy-fartsy stuff and pop culture bit me in the ass last time and if I am gonna spend that kinda money to go, I need to ( Read more... )