Two grants are done now and maybe will be the end of grant-writing for this year. (fingers crossed)

Went to Tenshi Sushi & Japanese Noodle up in NW Houston with J &LA.  Food was excellent (their on personal terms with the chef) but service was spotty - mine came out immediately and zen_oven's came at the end of the meal. They gave us some extra ( Read more... )

I've writing grants for eight weeks now. Last week sent out grant #1 and tomorrow will send out #2.  Unfortunately, no time to celebrate my birfday last Monday.  I had hoped to turn grant #2 in Friday, but helping my boss with #1 and him writing a second one at the same time made everything overrun into the time I wanted to be finishing my grant.  ( Read more... )

Sep 25: Surrogates
Oct 2: Whip It (Austin roller derby)
Oct 9: Zombieland
Oct 9: 9
Oct 16: Where the Wild Things Are
Oct 23: Amelia
Nov 13: Fantastic Mr. Fox

I just finished reading "A Voyage Long and Strange" by Tony Horowitz. This is about his travels following the explorers during the pre-colonial period in the U.S. I am always interested in how things begin so I've been to many of these sites on vacations. We'll get to see Zuni pueblo on our trip to Santa Fe at Christmas this year. I've read several ( Read more... )

This weekend we're going to be busy: the LUMA light show Friday night at Miller Outdoor Theatre, A/V Geeks at Aurora Picture Show Saturday evening, and Depeche Mode Sunday night ( Read more... )

I received the news this morning that my manuscript was accepted to PLoS Genetics! This is my first post-doc publication so I need a few more before I can look for my next position. It's been a long time in coming, but hopefully the time to the next one will be shorter.

Busy weekend of the fourth.  Friday morning I subjected zen_oven to Dark City.  One of my favorite SF films.  I just love the plot device that the doctor uses to train the main character to use his psychic abilities and time perception. I wish I could "tune". Later in the day we toured five apartments in Midtown/Montrose that we drive by all the ( Read more... )

Today is Zen_oven's birthday.  She's been feeling down about some things over the weekend and not feeling well, so please give her some B-day cheer. Yesterday I bought her a dozen pink roses, chocolate cake from The Chocolate Bar, breakfast at Baba Yega, and money to buy some new clothes (since she lost all the weight she hasn't had the money to ( Read more... )

Last night we went to see Ed Miller and Brian McNeil (one of the original Battlefield Band members) at the Mucky Duck.  We were treated to a great Scottish traditional song medley with union songs, "We're going to South Australia", and shepherdess jokes.  Mucky Duck is really a great Houston resource.  I overdid it with the food though.  I had ( Read more... )

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