Did you stop the movie before it finished? One star.
Did you stop the movie before the credits finished? Two stars.
Did you watch all of the deleted scenes? Four stars.
Did you see the all of the other bonus features? Five stars.

And there is a gap between two stars and three stars. How can it be hard to determine if you've liked something or not?

Me: "And then the white robots captured them ( Read more... )

I'm in the veterinary office, paying for the preliminary tests done to our cat.

The young Asian woman at the counter notices either the student ID in my cardholder or the credit union's name on my credit card. "Are you a UCSD student?"

"Yes," I say.

"Wow, you don't look like... like someone like me."

I feel old.

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This new season of television has a lot of exciting things going on, in particular Dollhouse and the resolution of Battlestar Galactica.

We also got so tired of both Heroes and Lost that we've decided to call "a break," and wait until the DVDs on Netflix.

But amid all of the sci-fi geekery is a great detective show: The Mentalist. Simon Baker is ( Read more... )

Macneil is excited about getting his fourth interview, and about going to his first on Monday.
Sxxxx at 2:14pm February 20
for?

Macneil at 2:49pm February 20
I'm on the academic job market...

Sxxxx at 2:53pm February 20
i didnt know you were abd

Macneil at 3:57pm February 20
I'm abd to the bone.

Between two guys and one young woman ( Read more... )

When new episodes of Dollhouse, Battlestar Galactica, and Terminator are all on? Geekgasm.

I'm trying to sell a few items on Craigslist:

1. Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Complete Series on DVD
   
   
2. Martin Classical Backpacker Guitar

I've posted the beginnings of my interview schedule on my research page.

It's a tight job market this year, but fortunately many schools are looking for software engineers.

I wait in line at the La Jolla Village Square Pet People. A short, middle-aged woman buys a large bag of dog food ( Read more... )