Very brief summary of trip so far ( Read more... )

I'm going to Europe for a month and I'm leaving on Wednesday.  This morning, I started to have stomach cramps.  I felt pretty sick in the afternoon: slightly feverish, more stomach cramps, dehydration, fatigue, etc.  Then I started feeling a lot better in the evening and I thought I was over it.  I went to my friend Khalid's place tonight to play ( Read more... )

I'm never going to get to kiss Bob Barker on the cheek on The Price is Right.  :(

After watching On The Lot this week, I have developed a personality test.  However, I don't know the accuracy of this personality test, and so I would like the help of anyone who reads this.

Please watch the video on this page and tell me your opinion of it, in as much detail as you want.  It is only a minute long, so it won't take long.  Tell ( Read more... )

A tax preparation company just sent me someone's tax return by e-mail and it wasn't mine.  I didn't read the return, but that seems like a pretty major breach of privacy.  Worse than when I was told Professor Richard Epstein's salary. 

For the first time in my life, I am probably eligible to donate blood. There will be a blood drive at school next week ( Read more... )

I made it to the first results page when you google "Rachel Epstein"!  I'm still not the top result.  I'm number 4.  But the top one is a holocaust survivor, so I'll let her keep it.

( Mildew is no match for little Japanese cubes )

I went to the GreenFestival in Chicago yesterday.  There were lots of samples of food.  At one place that sold cacao nibs covered in dark chocolate, I had this conversation with an employee ( Read more... )

Me: Hello?
Her: (whisper mumble whisper)
Me: I'm sorry, I can't hear you very well.
Her: (whisper) speak to (mumble - sounds like it possibly could be Epstein)
Me: I'm sorry, who did you say you want to speak with?
Her: (quietly) Babygod
Me: Baby God?
Her: Yes
Me: I'm sorry, there's no Babygod here. 
Her: Oh, okay