during the sunday night broadcast of fox 5 news at 10, the news anchor said the following headline: "now we hear from transit workers who say the union is treating them like unwanted stepchildren."  probably the most bizarre comment ever about this strike.

there is something about disrupting routine, especially the morning commuting routine, that ( Read more... )

this is the first weekend i've spent at hampshire in over a month because of weddings, thanksgiving, birthdays, engagement parties, div III work retreats to the mountains, and div III research in NYC.  and now its december and there's 2 more weeks left of the semester.

i just had a really intense div III meeting with both of my committee ( Read more... )

none of my pictures of the wedding came out decent except for this one.  hopefully i'll get some good ones from my dad.


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1.)  there is a journal called "journal of occupational and environmental medicine" another called, "journal of occupational and environmental hygiene" and another called "occupational and environmental medicine".  this led to at least 10 minutes of mass confusion and panic

2.) its amazing how obvious some scientific studies have to be ( Read more... )

i just feel like taking this week off and going home.

but i do find it comforting that i won't be a hampshire for the next 3 weekends...  this weekend: the wedding; next weekend: sister's engagement party: next weekend after that: best friend's 21st birthday. 

this article is really interesting,  touches on a number of issues i wrote about over ( Read more... )

why does hampshire put so many important things on the hub - div forms, financial aid stuff, and workstudy time cards - when the hub is an unreliable piece of crap.  earlier this week one of my workstudy jobs disappeared from the hub so i couldn't input my hours and i won't get paid for them this pay period.  then today -on the div III filing ( Read more... )

this week as be really difficult and weird.  this process should come with an instruction manual.

in other news, here are pictures from my suprise going away party at work:

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finally i start my class tomorrow evening, i'm excited to be doing something.  i talked over some div III ideas with elizabeth, we decided that i will do something on the health effects of 9/11.... which was yesterday.  strange how far removed i feel from my family and my home when i'm up here.

( i really like this article )

i miss home. 
now that i have high speed internet again, i can post some pics.

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i spent last summer researching and writing about the possibility of fetal pain and its implications on the pro-choice movement.  i really could have used this article... still a subject i find very interesting.  from today's New York Times:

Study Finds 29-Week Fetuses Probably Feel No Pain and Need No Abortion Anesthesia

Taking on one of the most ( Read more... )