So did everyone catch the 'hologram' on CNN during the election night festivities? (It appears to actually be camera tracking, not a true hologram where the people in the studio would have seen her image as well ( Read more... )

Don't forget to vote people!

Bonus points if you vote for someone really awesome.

Edit:: I voted! Yay!

I spent some time today on both Obama and McCain's web sites. I honestly can't believe how different these two sites are. McCain's site is like visiting a website from '96, slightly updated to include videos, while Obama's site is super-slick and sexy "I know how to social network" Web 2.0 craziness ( Read more... )

I have a dissertation committee!! Yays!! It is ( Read more... )

A few months back I got a fortune cookie whose fortune read "You will make more money in real estate than in stocks". Since the housing crash was sorta in full swing then and I had just bought a house I thought, "Oh, good. This is a good fortune ( Read more... )

I just spent 30 minutes watching the intros to all the old cartoons I used to watch in the mornings and after school....OMG I forgot how awesome they were ( Read more... )

I took comprehensive exams Monday and Friday (thanks FAY!!) of this past week. I felt things went pretty well except maybe for the research methods portion. Not sure if I elaborated enough on that one. Oh well, I guess we will see! Now all I have is an specialty essay question due on Sept 4th. It is soooo incredibly easy ( Read more... )

Interesting article.....I still can't hear anything on cell phones and will not talk on them for more than about 15 minutes. Plus they die on me all the time anyway. I have an ancient yellow push button corded phone that will plug into the wall and work in the absolute worst conditions without any electricity given that the land lines are still ( Read more... )

Otakon is 2 days away!!! I finally finished my costume last night. OMG, IT IS DONE ( Read more... )

And...for those who haven't seen it yet...

( here is my review )