The bonus of going to a ridiculous school: In order to write my paper for a core class on the topic of my choosing, I need a textbook on creationist glaciology. Our library didn't have the one I wanted... so they bought a copy to meet my request. I feel almost dirty... almost.

I got my new passport today! It only took 2 weeks to get here! I'm so impressed with our government right now I can't even explain it. Though, I must admit, these new fangled passports are a bit overly patriotic. I mean, I've never seen so many bald eagles/open planes/buffalo in such a small book before...  My first instinct upon opening my new ( Read more... )

On the down side, the backside of my legs are completely sunburned (apparently sunscreen and rugby don't mix well). On the bright side, this means the sun is finally strong enough in New England to keep me warm outside.

Hooray!

Sometimes it's best to focus on the good ( Read more... )

This is rather pathetic, I'm only updating live journal because facebook seems to be having some technical difficulties with my computer (and I must procrastinate somehow). It's not that I don't find the change in the atmospheric transmission factor of Earth between the start and end of the "Snowball Earth" period, it's just that I'm rather ( Read more... )

Yo.

I have the flu :o(
I also watch waaay to much House and, until I went to the doctor yesterday, some small part of me kept expecting me to have a stroke or cough up blood or have a seizure or something during very quiet times. Fortunately I just have the flu and not some obscure sickness that I only know about through a popular medical drama. Also ( Read more... )

Announcement ( Read more... )

Curious as to how it could possibly be both freezing cold outside and thundering, I came across this amazing phenomenon ( Read more... )

Who knew that presidential primary elections would taste so much like envelope glue? Excited though I am to participate in the electoral process, I must admit it's a little anticlimatic to vote absentee ( Read more... )

Alas, I guess it's been a while since I last wrote anything here ( Read more... )