Previous post? Yeah. WAY supposed to be friends only, not for public consumption. If you read it and aren't on that list, be sweet and don't mention it. Thanks.

Given that I had hoped to read four books and a couple of articles this weekend, it is really no wonder that I am feeling behind already, in spite of it being before 10 am on a Monday morning. Nevermind that, though. What is most important at the moment is that I got to see DAVE BRUBECK last night! Seriously! He's like 84, and plays with a ( Read more... )

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Six point twenty two to the all those numbers says I should lie down and sleep.

Come on, I have at least a mole of ethanol in my body!

A mole isn't much for a light molecule like ethanol.

No really, it's like a cc or something!

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The little sparrows that have been doing acrobatics outside my windows for days just decided to investigate closer. Three of them were on my casement window just now, eating dead bugs out of the cracks. Two on the top edge, and one beneath, holding on upside down! One came back again, sitting just on the sill, poking its beak in the screen. So ( Read more... )

Yesterday I mentioned leaf burning? The scent on the air this morning is more like trash burning, which is not as tasty.

Feeling back on track today. Made good progress in thinking about the paper yesterday, made a bunch of to-do lists a-la Getting Things Done (thank you Jofish22 for making me a personal productivity whore... I hate it, but it does ( Read more... )

I know I don't usually post recipies, but this one is just too brilliant. I got it from my neighbor June after eating it at her place-- she says it comes from Moosewood's dessert cookbook.

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Just finished reading Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex. I know it was a big prize-winner and all that, but I'm still surprised at how powerful and thought-provoking it was. In fact, my whole head is now filled with thoughts-- most of which have nothing to do with the paper I'm supposed to be working on today ( Read more... )

Back from the whirlwind Oregon trip. It was amazing seeing people, though I was constantly fighting my meloncholy tendancy to miss people even-while I was with them, which is counterproductive. Nontheless, we were simply swarmed with old friends just about everywhere we went, and it was wonderful. I'll try to post pictures soon.

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