I took a bunch of pictures this weekend. They're here.

Now this is intelligent:“The president is willing to do what it takes to relieve an oil company, but not enough to relieve the crushing burden of oil speculation and price-fixing on American consumers and small businesses,” said Rep. Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, a senior Democrat on the House Energy Committee."
The president is basically ( Read more... )

As most of you know, I'm taking Earth and Atmospheric Sciences 1 and 2 (a.k.a EAS, a.k.a. Shocks for Jocks) to get out of taking Physics 2. I'm currently doing our first lab worksheet and, though it's almost insultingly easy, I can't complain. I mean, really, with questions like "A photon leaves a star that is 100 light years from earth. How ( Read more... )

My dad stopped by on Saturday to visit, and we ended up going to dinner at Nam. He ordered the Chilean Sea Bass, which was exceptional. It was also $23 for one serving. Later on I do a little research online about the fish, which is apparently officially known as the Patagonian Toothfish, which many people fear is in danger of extinction (though ( Read more... )

A conversation with my sister last night:(22:26:44) Marisa: what website lets you sign up with email addresses that end in things like "imneverwrong.com ( Read more... )

Last night, as I slept, I received this touching message from my former roommate:(01:03:26) Clay: love ya :)
(01:03:26) Me : sleeping the slumber of a thousand billy goats
(01:04:04) Clay: my bad
(01:16:06) Clay logged out.
I'm not sure what to think.

You can blame Marilyn for this. She posted a link to a site with commercials, tv intros, and movie trailers from the 80s (they also have 70s and 90s for most things). I've been looking at this shit for the better part of an hour. I recognize 90% of it, watched about 50% of it, and had toys from a bunch of them. The site is here: Leave a comment  1 

This morning at work I received an email from a chemistry professor complaining about passwords or some such. His message was two lines long. His email signature was 38 lines. I'm pretty sure this is a new record for me (with the exception of when someone is intentionally attaching hundred-line ascii art or something as a sig).

As most of you are aware, I dislike school. With a fiery passion. You've all probably heard me state my lack of intention to get a graduate degree after I finish here. Well... my coworker informed me that all GTRI full-time employees (perhaps all GT employees) are able to pursue a masters degree at GT free of charge. And also that the CoC ( Read more... )

The Air Force has been in the process of moving in to the upper floor of the building in which I work--and they left a few things in the hallway. Not fueled or armed, I'm sure, but... wow.