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Fucking writers block. I've got a serious case of the post-qual slumps and a project to complete that I could give two craps about. Been sitting here for two hours to "work", and no "work" is going on. -
Update
Just to let you know, the financial situation mentioned a couple of days ago has been averted. Things have changed for the much better. -
Something to think about
if you're one of those people like me that use Nalgene bottles, thinking that you're saving the environment by not buying all those plastic bottles. Now your health may be at risk. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.http://www.enviroblog.org/2008/03/bpa- -
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Spring brings with it the eternal promise of hope. The mantle of winter melts away, green grass seems to be but a day away, and life reawakens all around us. For the past week I've been keeping an eye peeled for any robins, my favorite omen. Ever since I was a kid and heard the yarn about the first robin of spring, I've kept a weather-eye out ( Read more... ) -
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Oh fickle spring! how you tease us with hope. A beautiful Sunday morning, the windows open and nearly fifty degrees, it feels like the promise of Spring is here. Yet the weather forecast tells us that four to six inches of snow will fall tonight and tomorrow's high will be less than half of what the temperature is now. The lamb transforms into a ( Read more... ) -
Sustainable?
I've been thinking a lot lately about how to simplify my life. While quitting grad school would be the most drastic, I mean to try and find ways to live a more fulfilling life that doesn't impact the earth as much as it could. There has to be more to this life than the consumeristic drive to acquire more. It's an old adage, but the one who dies ( Read more... ) -
Inner thoughts from the outer edge
Driving in this morning to drop off the Wife, I began to think about how we feel the cold and how it effects our mood. Twenty-nine degrees in December is mind-numbing temperature, something that bites at your soul and tells you that Old Man Winter is knocking on the door and he's here to sell you misery. Twenty-nine degrees in the middle of ( Read more... ) -
Random Ramblings
Signs that I'm closer to death: I was in Target on Sunday buying a new Foreman grill, seeing as the one received for our wedding finally bit the dust after seven years. As is my usual modus operandi, I decided to cruise the action figure aisle and see what was new. To my shock and chagrin, they are releasing 25th anniversary edition G.I. Joes. ( Read more... ) -
I missed memes.
A better update to follow, more than likely this afternoon. But in the meantime, it's memetime ( Read more... ) -
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Seven days until the prelims. Stressed actually isn't where I'm at right now. Pass me, fail me, or tell to me to go rot, I just don't care. Just get it over with. Some areas I know, some areas I'm clueless. I can't sleep at night, I'm irritable, and to be honest, well, none of it matters. If I fail, I've got a masters and I can get a job at ( Read more... )