If you haven't already, go see Superbad.  It's hilarious and so true to life, I pretty much forgot I wasn't in high school anymore while watching it.

W hy is there a Marine One (presidential) helicopter flying all around the Maryland campus and vicinity, at really low altitude?  I hear a lot of helicopters around here... but this one was low and flying in an odd pattern as I was on my way to campus on my bike.  When I got to the physics building, it was circling around the campus at a very tight ( Read more... )

So, I've eaten a lot of very good food this passover.  First I went to a Seder at the home of a friend's family in Bethesda, and the food there was awesome. Tragically, I came in *second* in an exciting matzo-eating contest.  There were 5 or 6 of us not-quite-grownups there.  Afterwards, here mom announced, "Okay all you college kids, here are some ( Read more... )

Another priceless article from The Onion: How Did I End Up On The Cover Of This Romance Novel?

Yesterday I did my longest bike ride yet, 151 miles. I was talked into this insane trek once again by Michael, who I did the PPTC Century with a couple months ago. Unlike the century with rest stops every 25 miles and food and music and markings on the road and mechanics, this ride was totally unsupported. You had to bring everything with you or ( Read more... )

Oh dear, it looks like Stephen Colbert was right: “Tomorrow, you’re all going to wake up in a brave new world, where the constitution gets trampled by an army of terrorist clones created in a stem-cell research lab run by homosexual doctors who sterilize their instruments over burning American flags, where tax-and-spend Democrats take all your ( Read more... )

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So, I tried the celebrity face match thing that Bonnie linked to:

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Mariel just found this old photo on her phone and I like it a lot :-) This is me with my dog Fyfield, from about 1 year ago.


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Yesterday I did the Historic Back Roads Century, a 100 mile bike ride through rural Virginia and West Virginia. It was awesome! This was my first century, actually my first ride ever longer than about 40 miles. It took me 5:17 to complete, for an average speed of 18.9 mph, which I thought was a pretty good pace for my first century ( Read more... )