The drive from Delhi to Agra was unexciting, generally. The guest house was really, really nice and made us up ...coleslaw?... sandwiches that tasted like salt and pepper. They were really good (v. intense), and I had them for breakfast. The driver went ridiculously fast on the almost empty mornings roads and we got there in four hours. He was ( Read more... )

I am terrified of new places. Bit of a homebody. Am a fan of wandering the internet snuggled in with a bowl of soup steaming somewhere nearby. Even in the summer. It's freezing here in the summer. Instead there's a shag rug on the floor, and I'm wondering how its cleaned. If it's ever cleaned ( Read more... )

It's always fun to read back over my entries and realize how snooty I sound. But yeah, I talk that way to myself in my head. Sort of ( Read more... )

So. My last post was from the beginning of winter break. It is now the second week of spring quarter. Deductive logic would indicate that this is a long time, and furthermore, the reader infers that an event astounding enough to break the seal of silence, so to speak, and induce this surprising post must be forthcoming. The reader leans forward ( Read more... )

There's some unspoken rules about how to transport to and from school. The Margaurite is off, so you have to rush to get to the Caltrain before it leaves. If you're classy, you'll supershuttle. And if you're really, really classy, (which I am), and have cool friends, (which I have), someone will drive you there. *grins* Thanks, Loren ( Read more... )

"(I must also ask readers' indulgence for a paragraph that Robert's Rules of Order would call a "point of personal privilege": Conway Morris has chosen, less in this article than in his book, to be imperiously dismissive of my ideas, as if no sensible or experienced person could ever advocate such prejudiced nonsense. But he never tells us that ( Read more... )

I love my family. It's nice to be warm (and for it to be cold outside) and cared for and worried over. It's good to know that someone of that intelligence values me so highly, and it's good to be pampered. There has been amazing food and good discussions. Every time I come back I feel like I learn a little more about what life should be like, ( Read more... )

preoperculosubmandibular is a word ( Read more... )

Him: "You're not going ( Read more... )

From my Labor Econ textbook (Borjas, 4th ed., page 99): "Economic growth, therefore, has not only made us wealthier, but also increased the price of children. Because women's fertility is extremely responsive to variation in price ( Read more... )