1. An intelligentsia opened around the corner from my work, and although it means i'll be spending $2 on coffee more often i love their traditional cappuccinos ( Read more... )

This has been a budy few months ( Read more... )

Stupid AutoCAD. Stupid Floppy disks. Who uses floppy disks anymore anyway. Noone expect my boss and stupid UIC with their outdated AutoCAD lab ( Read more... )

Carlos showed me this fabulous open letter to the Kansas School Board regarding their plans to make intelligent design part of their curriculum...

Apparently the letter and the theory of the Flying Spaghetti Monster that it upholds have developed quite a following. My favorite part is ( this... )

Just got the latest Wiscon eCube...Amongst the gazillions of fabulous authors that will be there is not only Ursula LeGuin, but also Samuel Delaney who I've been to a reading by before, but that was before I read any of his stuff and I'm so excited! Yay!

I saw the documentary "The revolution will not be televised" this week. It's been out for a while but I never got around to seeing it before ( Read more... )

I finally got the letter to tell me that I've been accepted as a transfer student to UIC's engineering school. I'm so happy! I knew I met all the requirements, but I was still nervous ( Read more... )

It may be nearing the end. I dropped her off for surgery this morning, and waited for the call about how it went all day. The vet just called to say that besides the three relatively superficial tumors we had previously identified he thought he felt a deeper one that would make the whole situation inoperable. Which is good news in the short term ( Read more... )

Sigh ( Read more... )

We *finally* finished the basment apartment last night. Well, not really: there are still several cosmetic/detail things to get done; but the tenant is moving in today. He gave us his first month's rent $$ and hopefully everything will move smoothly from here ( Read more... )