My hair has gotten rather long lately. I rarely have a strategy for my hair, beyond making sure it ends in a straight line so Jacob can cut it easily. It grows until it annoys me or I find some split ends. Then, I ask Jacob to cut it to some random length and begin again. I’ve been enjoying the ability to pull my hair back into a ponytail and ( Read more... )

Slate.com just ran a series on male/female platonic friends by Juliet Lapidos. I’ve had my share of male friends, so I’ve been finding the series pretty fascinating. In one entry, Lapidos profiles a selection of real life friends, and I found it interesting to see the differences in relationships. The friends covered included the following ( Read more... )

My soccer team, Tina Come Get Some Ham, recently played our rescheduled game against our nemesis, MLA. When there was a conflict between our softball and soccer game (the teams consist of many of the same players), we were forced to forfeit or reschedule. MLA was nice enough to allow us to reschedule a late (no referee) game against them on their ( Read more... )

My two favorite players in the NFL are Pittsburgh Steelers’ Troy Polamalu and Jeff Reed. Hair played a role in my rooting for both of them. Polamalu is an amazing safety with a great read on the ball. With his long curly (and insured) hair, I have an easy time noticing when he comes out of nowhere to make the tackle. I traditionally find it ( Read more... )

A while back, I mocked my Page a Day calendar for suggesting I stop reading paper books and buy a Kindle instead. I thought it was pretty hypocritical of a disposable book to tell me to not buy other books, plus I wanted a full analysis of the tradeoffs involved. This week, Slate.com did that analysis for me ( Read more... )

[Posts tangentially related to] Busted week continues on Lynn’s livejournal ( Read more... )

I recently (re)took the Political Compass test. I was curious where I fit in the British political spectrum, and I didn’t remember that I’d previously taken the test until I recognized my results. The political compass plots results along two axes: Left to Right (Horizonal left to right) and Authoritarian to Libertarian (Vertical top to bottom ( Read more... )

I continue to be confused by clean and explicit songs. Are there set standards for which lyrics are allowed? Does context matter? Which version of the song is considered the real one ( Read more... )

Jacob was out of town this past weekend. I don’t feel that I’m very constrained by him, but it’s strangely freeing to have the house to myself. I decided the theme of the weekend would be to do everything that I can’t do when he’s home. With that in mind, I ( Read more... )

Jacob and I are considering switching from Blockbuster to Netflix. We’ve generally enjoyed Blockbuster, but we don’t make use of its sole advantage over Netflix, since we rarely trade in our DVD’s at the bricks and mortar store. Indeed, I think my snobbishness makes it such that I actively avoid DVD’s that are available at the store. To me, the ( Read more... )