First off, the not-exactly-thrilling conclusion of our previous tale. wheeloffire and I had a bumpy, but uneventful flight into Albany. My cousin met us at the airport, gave us a lift over to their condo, we crashed, his wife gave us a lift back to the airport in the morning, and we picked up our rental. The drive back was a smooth, straight shot in ( Read more... )

Diane Ravitch, PhD: Reflections On What I Have Learned About School Reform

Insomnia blows. But it does provide plenty of time to watch anime. *sigh*

Boston Bead Company is offering a $20-for-$40 credit towards any of their beading classes. Not that interested myself, but I know a bunch of people on this list might be, so consider the signal boosted!

To all those who have honorably served in our country's armed forces, at home or abroad, in peacetime or war, thank you.

Support the troops, not the war.

It sounds like a crew is getting together to head to XMortis on Friday. This is me boosting the signal to others who may be interested. Dinner plans are coalescing, and suggestions are welcome.

Sales calls at 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, and possibly two more at 3:30 and 4:00. This will be a fun afternoon.

Why do they keep wanting to talk to me?!

Edit 1:45- One down, one of the possibles pushed to Monday. Maybe this isn't so bad...

The manufacturer discontinued the china pattern wheeloffire and I had picked out. Good thing we hadn't shared the registry with anyone yet...

The first was passed to me by purpureusfinch, in the spirit of Halloween: a flash game based on the classic Oregon Trail: Organ Trail! Yes, it's as awesome as it sounds.

The second was linked on the Internet: Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator! Ever wanted to captain a ship like Picard or Kirk? Wanted to fly it like LaForge or Sulu? Well, now you (and five ( Read more... )

Gunnerkrigg Court

An amazing web comic about a girl and her friends at a very odd school. Link is to the first strip; total archive is about 800 strips. Updates Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

And now, bed...