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Donating blood
This evening I went with R and Kah to donate blood. It was R and my first time donating, though Kah has apparently done it quite a few times. R and I were a bit nervous about it, mainly because we both thought we might pass out ( Read more... ) -
Doing it wrong.
Last.fm had a link to the Sony Fantasy Festival. I've never done any sort of fantasy league before, but I think that if I'm going to be good at any kind of fantasy league, a music festival is probably where it's at ( Read more... ) -
The worst part about this morning's weather
Readers in Oxford will no doubt be wondering just what element of this morning's weather I could have chosen to be the absolute worst ( Read more... ) -
You're sitting there thinking your thoughts/They're not about what is, but what is not
The best part about life in Oxford is the people. Even though the student population is so transient -- with one finishing DPhil student here today, gone tomorrow, as happened in my lab yesterday -- there's still a sense of constant camaraderie among fellow student-researchers. It's easy to see why some people get here and find themselves in ( Read more... ) -
Reunited with my one true love
Today was a teasing, almost spring day, and I dug my bike out of the back garden, where it had been hiding away the dirty, slushy days previous ( Read more... ) -
Found a good one for Colorado...
From the Christmasish 2006 Blizzard that closed I-25, I-70, and took all the food out of King Soopers for Christmas. This blizzard was super bad-ass -- one of the best I've seen in my lifetime (sadly I was on literally the last flight out of DIA in April 2003 and missed that one, though I remember how terrible the roads were getting to the airport ( Read more... ) -
Pink stinks!
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Bicycle commuting
I just read a whole slew of articles about bicycle commuting.
Bicycle commuting is an issue very close to my heart, not only do I think it's an awesome idea for everyone who can ride, but it's one of my favourite things to do. It gives me the chance to get outside, to ride my bike, to overcome inertia, and is also one of the only times in my day ( Read more... ) -
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A week ago today, I went to see the Rockies play in the NLDS against the Philadelphia Phillies ( Read more... )
