I spent the past 10 days in a bizarrely familiar parallel universe of what has been, never was, and could be. Some call it the Northeast ( Read more... )

Then again, you probably knew that. But the newest piece of evidence which may cause you to reassess your belief in that hypothesis, however, is that I just spent a 1/2 hour tangent reading up on Bayesian inference and statistics at nearly midnight, on a night when I was in my lab messing with data and nit-picky details until after 10pm. On one ( Read more... )

I dedicate this post to my Compass, my Reflector, and my Defender. Though others have filled these roles before at various times in various ways and may still do so when called upon, somehow I now find myself in the enviable position of having the trio intact in one fell swoop. They circle around me, attached but unbinding, each offering her gifts ( Read more... )

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For the kids.

Yes, it's 4 am. No, I don't want to be up ( Read more... )

Either that, or my world is just collapsing in on itself ( Read more... )

Ok, technically this is true (you can see the back of my head in the last group shot in the lower left corner), but the more exciting and relevant part is ( Read more... )

Real mail is the greatest. In a world where I get approximately 5 billion pieces of unsolicited credit card offers and newsletters a week (give or take), usually the most exciting thing arriving in our little metal cube is the most recent showing from my Netflix queue, which is already 1-3 days later than I wanted. So imagine the happiness this ( Read more... )

So this is where I'm supposed to reflect back on the previous year in all its glory and/or tragedy. Or I'm supposed to update everyone on the zany adventures at home with my conservative family, or maybe relate the ridiculous travel chaos I got caught in on the way back. Or perhaps I should list out my hopes and resolutions for the big, bold new ( Read more... )

I mean Oh... gosh ( Read more... )