Vote for CY! He's 2-0 after last week, but is getting trampled by the Boise State mascot this week.

( county fair and other things )

This month was totally lame. I only finished one book because most nights I was passed out on the couch not much after 9.

Mergers and Acquisitions, Dana Vachon ( Read more... )

Most of you know my niece was born with a condition called a Congential Diaphragmatic Hernia. It's a birth defect that occurs in approximately 1 in every 2,500 live births and has a mortality rate of approximately 50%. That means around one in every two babies born with CDH will not survive.

You can read Leah's story here. Despite not knowing Leah ( Read more... )

Who wants to help me with my brackets? I'm kind of a moron when it comes to anything outside of the Big XII (except for the really good teams that everybody knows).

Help? Suggestions? I know there will inevitably be some big upsets, it's just trying to figure out who it will be.

I was kind of a slacker this month due to falling asleep by 10-10:30 every night (I used to read a bit before bed).

Anything Considered, Peter Mayle.
I picked this up on the $1 sale cart in the Library lobby. It was a fun little book, nothing spectacular, but a good Saturday afternoon read.

Buddha, Deepak Chopra ( Read more... )

I was reading the article on Yahoo about how DST actually raises utility bills. Fine, I can see that, but I still like having daylight until 9pm during the summer, so I won't complain.

But the kicker for me was the last sentence:
"In related news, it was also revealed that Daylight Saving Time actually creates no additional daylight."I can't ( Read more... )

In an attempt to better record what I'm reading (I barely remember half of what I read last year) I'm trying to keep track each month.

( January 2008 )

It is currently -19 degrees here. Negative nineteen. With wind chill it's -38. We are colder than North Pole, Alaska, right now.

The race was canceled. :(