I couldn't find a way to embed the video, but you need to go over to NPR and see this. Really, you do. They're awesome.  I've had a series of very long days, still haven't bought my apples-- hopefully they'll still be there tomorrow morning, when I've had 8 hours of sleep.

For example, it is impossible to properly mull cider in the microwave. It was actually autumnish yesterday and today -- I just about needed to put on my coat on the way home from the opera. And there are Jonathan apples at the grocery store, so I think I'm going to invest in a mill and make enough applesauce to last for a while (this won't make ( Read more... )

As I sit here contemplating the badly eroded exploits of the Yaxchilan royalty, I am forcibly reminded of a little poem from highschool Latin, altered for my present circumstances:

Classic Mayan is dead, as dead as can be,
It killed off all the Mayans, and now it's killing me.

Remaining in this class was not an intelligent choice.

One of the perks of doing research for a living is occasionally coming across gems like this ( Read more... )

This is incredibly cute. Enjoy.

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As I continue to slog through Doctor Who episodes, laughing maniacally all the way, I came upon another reminder that I belong to the absolute most dangerous profession in the galaxy (I just watched the Doctor vs. Satan two-parter, in which Toby the archaeologist has it very bad indeed). Your typical sci-fi archaeologist has only a marginally ( Read more... )

Perhaps something this weekend I'll post some kind of "Two weeks into the new semester" post. But in the mean time, I thought todays household events merit a bit of a story.
( Home and garden part I )

Since we're trading Dr. Who videos, I thought this was awfully cute.

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And then I celebrated by watching the rest of season 1 (or, you know, the 2005 season) of Dr. Who.  So much fun, though we'll see if no. 10 can live up to no. 9  ^_^   I'm definitely, definitely going to have to get a copy of this one.  In the mean time, I wonder how oh how I could get my hands on the second season *cough*.  (I'll totally pay your ( Read more... )

So. . . . I installed VirusScan out of the box and it picked up everything from the older version and updated just fine and caught a few things, including the sneaky bastard spool application that was trying to get to the internet.  And supposedly McAfee isn't going to charge me for the screwed up download (we'll see ( Read more... )