Look, we made a pretty thing:


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Well, I only made it through Atwood in my alphabetical reading plan of doom before my magical fount of books dried up (The Blind Assassin was a good read, by the way -- one of those stories within stories within stories kind of books). So now I need to supply my own reading materials for the upcoming trip to Italy, and that's where YOU come in, ( Read more... )

Hello dears, long time no post. Life has been unreasonably good to me lately, but oh so busy! How am I busy? Let me count the ways...

- I just got home from the first East Bay tweed ride, which was absolutely delightful! The general spirit of the group reminded me more than a little of old times with the League. As a matter of fact, maybe ( Read more... )

The city of L'Aquila, which is the nearest city to the Gran Sasso lab where my experiment is located, was hit by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake this morning.


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So, my girlfriend Arcadia has a *lot* of books. This is one of the perils of being an English grad student, or so I'm told. Anyway, after walking past these shelves of books day after day, I suddenly had a crazy idea -- I should read them. All. In alphabetical order.


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Despite being really happy about the democratic victories on a national scale,
I feel really betrayed by my state. You can filter this map by various criteria (ethnicity, income, etc.), but the one I find most interesting is level of education.

Ummm, right. So I'm in Italy again. I put some pictures online.


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Hi all,

So here are my plans for the next couple evenings:

Wed (tonight): Cards around 8:00, location TBA. Let me know if you are interested in joining.

Thu: College Inn, 8:00. Drop by if you are around!

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Ahh, Seattle. I missed the rain. Really I did.

I am now the proud owner of a tandem bicycle.

so! excited!

Now i just need to find someone to ride it with me...

So... stuffed...

Just took the BART home from thanksgiving dinner at a friend's house in the city, and on my way out of the BART station, i ran into a group of people playing bicycle polo (?) in the parking lot. Stopped to watch for a few minutes, then continued on my way. Couldn't help but smile, though, at a bunch of kids on fixies wielding