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It's muggy, raining, and 30 degrees warmer than Monday
Life's been good lately. I've had a few weekends free, and used them to visit the Visionary Art Museum last weekend, and the Baltimore Museum of Art on Thanksgiving weekend. The Visionary museum has a wild collection of contemporary art created by non-traditional artists. Much of it comes out of psychiatric institutions or by people who are ( Read more... ) -
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Okay thesadpanda and teddyann, I've just watched the Star Trek trailer. It looks like a bunch of testosterone-driven teenagers tooling around in the Enterprise. A sci-fi spin off of The Fast and The Furious if you will. The reason I liked the series and most of the movies was because they were about something. We'll see I guess.
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Cars
The Times today theorized that if "one or more of Detroit's Big Three automakers" failed, foreign companies would increase US production to fill the gap. The irony that pops out at me is , with Democrats backing a Detroit bailout and Republicans opposing it, Democrats are now championing American Cars while Republicans find themselves unexpectedly ( Read more... ) -
Bubble and squeak
I don't understand how frying up leftovers in England gets a name, bubble and squeak, as if it were a dish, when it's really just frying up leftovers. Also, the name is funny. -
Let's Compare and Contrast
Over the weekend, thesadpanda was surprised to hear that Baltimore is a liberal city. Coincidentally, I happened to run across this article after logging out of hotmail. In it, Baltimore just out-liberals New York City. I was surprised to see DC above SF, but I think it's that there's a difference between voting for democrats and being liberal.
I can defend ( Read more... ) -
On the banks of the Patapsco is a town that's known to all...
I don't understand this article in the Times about Sarah Palin's appearance on SNL. I watched the clips of her on the show and thought she could have been replaced by a cardboard cutout for the same effect. The Times disagrees, joking she could fall back on an entertainment career. I enjoyed making fun of her a few weeks ago, but now I just wish ( Read more... ) -
Job update
I got the job! Both of them actually. I'm pretty sure I'll turn down the job at the social services center in favor of the better-paying weekend counselor position. I'd like to think about it for a while though, as this is the only point in my life so far when I've had the opportunity to choose between two jobs. More later. -
Hello from Baltimore
So we've been living in Baltimore for about 4 weeks now. I haven't been posting much because we still don't have internet in our apartment. I'll post more extensively when we get it hooked up. I finally had my first job interview today. It was for a position as volunteer coordinator at a social services agency that does everything from basic needs ( Read more... ) -
Apartment hunting
In May, I went to Baltimore with Ulli and her dad to search for apartments. We found a few acceptable ones, applied to several to hedge our bets, and settled on a nice one-bedroom townhouse in a residential area. It was a five minute walk from the subway (Baltimore has one subway line, strangely), but not near anything else. The upside of not being ( Read more... ) -
Hey Kids
Now, I'm not an email forwarder, as I'm sure you know, so I thought I'd share this email here on LJ. It's of the type that you are supposed to forward to all your friends, family and acquaintances or suffer some horrible fate. ( Read more... )