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Concerts!
Went to see Leo Kottke (with Loudon Wainwright) last night. I've seen Loudon Wainwright many times, and he's always amusing, but I've never gone to see Leo Kottke before -- he's sixty-something and can still play the guitar like he did back in the sixties! (My wrists started hurting just watching him.) It's truly amazing, and the performance was ( Read more... ) -
Strained metaphors
This article, on "why you shouldn't hit your kids," on Slate, attempts to link the addictiveness of cigarettes with the addictiveness of hitting your kids! I would have liked to have read more details about the studies that the article alludes to, but it was still interesting. For instance, I didn't realize any countries had actually banned ( Read more... ) -
Easiest exam ever?
If you'd ever told me I'd some day take an exam involving going into a room for five minutes and singing some nonsense syllables, I'd have laughed at you. If you'd told me I could get a perfect on such an exam, I'd have made you get your ears checked... but this is indeed what happened today, much to the surprise, I'm sure, of anyone who's ever ( Read more... ) -
Learning never ends...
I've somehow stumbled into being a college student again! It started with the chamber music class I was taking, which used to be part of the community college's "adult ed" program, but it turned into a regular class with a different instructor. I never knew how easy it was to register for classes -- it involved an application form online, but it ( Read more... ) -
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I'm starting to think I should cancel my cable, or throw my computer out a window, or possibly just go hide out in the woods, until November. Among other things, the amount of sexism floating around lately has me depressed. It's bad enough in the actual articles and blog posts, but why can't I remember to just *never* read the comments?
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Let's play...
...Onion headline or reputable newspaper?
Too Fit to Be President? Facing an Overweight Electorate, Barack Obama Might Find Low Body Fat a Drawback
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I got plenty of sleep, but still... getting up at 7 was a huge shock to my system, and I feel a little woozy! Also, my back is a mess; I need to start exercising. I didn't think this would be a problem once I was unemployed, but apparently my hatred of sweating trumps my need to fill the time.
This graph disturbs me. Sure, at first glance, it ( Read more... ) -
Ubuntu
The good news is that it installed... it didn't do well detecting my monitor, and I seem to be unable to change it to a normal resolution, so everything is larger than I'm used to. I was surprised it didn't ask me much of anything during installation: one of the things I like about Fedora is being able to choose the programs I want (or don't want ( Read more... ) -
Food!
After giving up on my computer, I spent most of yesterday cooking. I may have gone a little overboard, but my grandmother would have been proud of how I cooked enough for about 20 for my tiny dinner party of 4 :) I decided to make the arabic food from my childhood -- I rarely do this, although I love the food, because it's rather labor intensive ( Read more... )