If you're reading this, consider yourself invited ( Read more... )

Today was my last day of regular classes. It feels like it was only yesterday that the term began! Yet I have read so many books, written so many papers, learned so many new concepts, skills, ideas. I'm afraid I may never want to get out of school; I enjoy learning so much ( Read more... )

This is the funniest thing I've heard in a while: a gangsta rap song about the most hardcore craft at the craft fair!

"Knitta, Please", by Mike Bryant
Download here. Scroll down page about halfway, on the right side.

I decided to quit smoking a couple months ago. I never smoked much to begin with, so I didn't anticipate having a difficult time quitting. Over the last months I have gradually cut back on cigarettes; for the last week I have been completely tobacco-free. I am quite proud of myself ( Read more... )

This is my first attempt at writing in Latin. So far I've only done Latin-English and English-Latin translations. There may be a few mistakes, but I think I've done an okay job ( Read more... )

When I read this article describing "lime-green [laptops that] will be powered via wind-up crank" to be "distribute[d]...to children in developing countries", I laughed out loud. Sure, I thought, that's what children in developing nations really need. And a wind-up laptop...utterly preposterous!

But the scary thing is that it's actually true.

Eeek! I am sans internet for the next couple weeks and it's driving me absolutely crazy! I never realized how dependant I've become on this funny little box filled with wires and blinky things until now. Arg. Although spending $3 for an hour of surfing at the local net cafe is a perfectly affordable, it's annoying to have to drag myself out each ( Read more... )

I've been under uber-stress for the last couple days ( Read more... )

A UNE PASSANTE -- CHARLES BAUDELAIRE ( Read more... )

The Word of the Day for Jun 11 is ( Read more... )