I decided a couple of days ago that as part of keeping my brain from turning into mush, that I'd review/relearn linear algebra and statistical mechanics/thermodynamics, since those were both subjects I really liked when I took them, but which I haven't used much since I took them and have largely forgotten. Ok, that's not actually accurate. I did ( Read more... )

So, I think I've mentioned that my town (well, city, technically, but habits die hard) is named after an unsuccessful American suicide bomber (unsuccessful in that he didn't manage to actually blow up what he wanted to) and that this amuses me to no end (it was long enough ago that this probably isn't in exceptionally poor taste ( Read more... )

I have baby bok choi that I really need to use soon. What should I do with them?

So, I could use some help finding skillets (aka frying pans). I really really don't like nonstick pans. I hate worrying about scratching it, I hate hate hate the fact that you have to throw them out after a while (I have a definite difficulty buying things that won't last for a really long time), I'm concerned about the long term health effects of ( Read more... )

So, as some of you may know, I lost my cell phone while on vacation. I'm borrowing riv's non-work cell phone until I get a new one, which I should do any day now (probably this week, or riv and my immediate family are going to kill me). Of course, it never occurred to me to back up the phone numbers stored on my SIM card before this happened, so I' ( Read more... )

So, it turns out that the crafting store that I mentioned in this post is not that interesting. It has stuff for a bunch of different crafts, but not very much for any one of them, Porter Square Books has more crafting books, it was really hipsterish, and it had scrapbooking materials, which I can't stand. Oh well. At least the small supply of ( Read more... )

A couple of days ago, I was shopping at Porter Square Books and tried to buy some of their unbelievably tasty Vietnamese fresh rolls, only to realize that I didn't have enough cash on me (the bookstore itself takes plastic, but the cafe doesn't). I dashed across the shopping center to the ATM of a local bank, only to discover that that ATM wasn't ( Read more... )

Riv is graduated!

Why do realtors continue to use insane abbreviations even when, such as on Craigslist, they don't have a word limit? Seriously, it took me *forever* to realize that 'Pkng' meant Parking.
Also, 'sleek and modern' apparently means 'has ugly wall-to-wall carpeting, hideous radiators, and seriously low ceilings'.

So, it seems to be the done thing to name apartments/houses/households. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this or whether I want to do so myself. but while it's on my mind, what do you think of 'TeaCozy' (capitalization and spacing to be determined at a later date) as a name for our (riv's and my) apartment next year ( Read more... )