So today I finished reading Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers on the bus (why they didn't call it Harry Potter et la Pierre philosophale is beyond me, but not related to this post). After I put the book back in my back the guy next to me says "Excuse me, but were you just reading Harry Potter in French ( Read more... )

It's amazing how technology lures you in to a false sense of security, friendship-wise. I mean, I keep up with most of my real-life friends on LJ that aren't local to me, and I can think, oh, so-and-so is doing just fine this week because I read on his blog that... and never be any the wiser, that so-and-so is having a really fucking tough week ( Read more... )

Overheard in my office today:

"What is the direction of a zero-length vector?"

Now I have a terrible desire to write a book called "The Tao of Math". Eeee-vil!

I'm not ready to go into details yet, but any spare positive thoughts/wishes/prayers to your favorite deity sent this way would be most helpful!

Why not give a little time to Project Gutenberg? I found this site today ( Read more... )

I've been reading a lot about gay marriage after Washington's latest ban went through. I wanted to document my thoughts before they leave my head.

Disclaimer: I am a generic, white, married female. Raised in a conservative religion, don't (currently) smoke, do drugs, and drink in moderation. If it weren't for my liberal thoughts, I could easily ( Read more... )

I hate you mercury retrograde... I hope you fall in a hole and die...

Edit: Now that I've said something, mercury is trying to ply me with shiny things. It will not work you sneaky bastard! (but I do love my new work monitor plz don't take it away..)

( Cut cause it's big )

OMG - two posts? in one day? surely not!

Has anyone worked with the Google Module/Gadget API at all (or know someone who has)? I have an idea for one and my java skillz are a bit lacking. Is it a pretty easy interface? Is there a way around the "inline" requirement for saving user-specific data (I'm assuming not)?

I sense a project coming on

As of 1:25pm today (margin of error ±5 minutes), I have been married 4 years. Wow. I've grown and learned quite a lot, and love teh husband a little bit more every day. Sure, we've had our tough spots, but we've managed to talk our way through all of them, and come out stronger on the other side.

I haven't regretted an instant. Yay!