You know what I hate most about grad school ( Read more... )

I participated in "early voting" this morning before class, so I have officially performed my civic duty with respect to primary season. I voted for McCain, primarily because I do not want to see Huckabee win any more states. Recent polls show McCain with a large lead over Huckabee in Texas, which is nice, but I wanted to be sure ( Read more... )

One day until Super Tuesday ( Read more... )

Taxes: DONE ( Read more... )

Out of nowhere, I was offered a teaching fellowship, and I was able to negotiate a half teaching, half research fellowship.

So now I'm fully-funded, I have a salary, and for the first time in a while I have health insurance. Nifty.

Financial woes are officially over.

Registration this semester was surprisingly hard. I had to pay off last semester's debt, and then I almost didn't get a loan to cover this semester ( Read more... )

Stolen from a post by LiveJournal user "saint_gasoline ( Read more... )

Several things of interest, for those following my life ( Read more... )

I Am A: True Neutral Elf Wizard (4th Level)

Ability Scores:

Strength-18

Dexterity-20

Constitution-20

Intelligence-20

Wisdom-20

Charisma-19

Alignment:
True Neutral A true neutral character does what seems to be a good idea. He doesn't feel strongly one way or the other when it comes to good vs. evil or law vs. chaos. Most true neutral characters ( Read more... )

According to some comedian or news outlet or other, several of the candidates have compared this year's elections to the movie Seabiscuit.

This makes no sense. Were the Iowa caucus really a modern version of Seabiscuit, then Kucinich would have won.

Yes, that's a "short" joke. That's all I've got today.