Dear Senator Kerry ( Read more... )

I went to the library to get a reserve copy of a book I need for class. It was 3:00, and the book was checked out until 4:15 (reserves have 2 hour loan periods). Apparently there's no wait list for these. They told me to check back every fifteen minutes or so until it came back ( Read more... )

Today I received this email in my inbox.

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Several weeks ago, Whole Foods CEO John Mackey wrote a controversial editorial about health care reform in the Wall Street Journal.1 In response, a number of groups have launched a boycott against Whole Foods, arguing that the CEO of a company that ( Read more... )

So, Worldcon! Wow! It is exhaustingSome highlights ( Read more... )

I feel so stupid. I was going to go to the drive in with a bunch of people. I knew it was at 8:45, but I didn't know when folks were leaving. And... I left my phone upstairs in my room. I completely missed Kiernan's call telling me they were leaving at 7. Didn't even realize I didn't have my phone on me until after 8, when I began wondering ( Read more... )

Part 1: Smooth Criminal ( Read more... )

Last night as I was drifting off I started thinking about words with silent first letters. Random, yeah, but that's the kind of thing I think about in a state of extreme sleepiness. Then I started wondering what the most confusing possible alphabet book would be--whether I could get silent letters or weird starting sounds for all 26 letters ( Read more... )

A pretty interesting study was published in BioMed Central this week: How accurate is patients' anatomical knowledge : a cross-sectional, questionnaire study of six patient groups and a general public sample. Basically, the researchers found that when given a multiple choice questionnaire with four different diagrams of possible locations for an ( Read more... )

I was just surfing around Board Game Geek, and found a list of games I own. I blinked at it for a minute, then turned to Lucky and said "I own RoboRally?"

Lucky went over to the gameshelf, moved an empty cardboard box out of the way, and pointed out the game in question on the bottom shelf.

I don't think I've ever actually played my copy of ( Read more... )

I really don't pimp Pi-Con as much as I should. I always have an awesome time, and I have to deal with stupid back-end stuff because I'm staff--the average attendee only gets the awesome parts. Anyways, here's a repost from nchanter about how you should come this year.

As everyone makes their summer plans, I wish to remind you to consider ( Read more... )