Go on, take it. It isn't hard (I don't think...)


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I'm currently in my parents' house in Salinas, CA. Last night Dave & I went to the York alumni do, which was crowded and loud but pleasant nonetheless. I'm recovering from a cold that has been hammering me for a week now, but should be socially functional again soon. Dave and I will be in California until January 6. We're planning a trip up to ( Read more... )

Dave and I made a movie! It doesn't have a plot or anything... it is a short movie of a squirrel. Dave shot it through with the Canon A80, through the telescope, through the window, of the trees down on the road in front of our house. We have made the internet just a little bit cuter.

I'm surprised at the responses to the last post-- it seems like Colin is the only one who agrees with me that the trouble is not whether or not I would have to lie to answer the question (I wouldn't) but whether it is acceptable to have funding for academic research depend on such criterea-- especially since it doesn't even ask if your research has ( Read more... )

Would you apply for a fellowship if it required that you submit a signed affidavit certifying that you did not uphold the beliefs and doctrines of communism?

Brooke Hindle's Emulation and Invention

I've been in Chicago this week; in a few hours I'll catch a train back to Syracuse. I've spent the day in a coffee shop-- this is my first day with free time to myself and a reliable internet connection. I've had a good time and found useful resources-- more on that later ( Read more... )

Had a setback on the garden this weekend-- realized while working that the planned-and-in-progress plot actually (ahem) was only about 2/3 on our property. Now, we're out in the country, and our neighbor certainly doesn't use that chunk of land; it is part of our lawn clear enough. However, as I'm planning pretty substantial fences around this ( Read more... )

Done. Done done. No incompletes. No grading remains. The term is over, and I am finished with it. Done!

The paper isn't great but it is...

DONE!

"Have you been sowing wheat long?" "Why, sir, it was you taught us the year before last. You gave me two measures. We sold about eight bushels and sowed a rood." "Well, mind you crumble up the clods," said Levin, going towards his horse, "and keep an eye on Mishka. And if there's a good crop you shall have half a rouble for every acre." "Humbly ( Read more... )