I'm about to head off to Boulder, with a very full station wagon. I'll see how far I get tonight---I'm hoping for Rawlins, and then on to Boulder in the morning ( Read more... )

Packing like a madman. I'd hoped to spend much of last week packing, after a trip to Boulder where I found what looks like a very nice place. (Good location, good---or as-good-as-I'll-get---price, apparently-sane roommate, etc.) I came back to SLC on the 29th, in order to testify in court, which is another story entirely. I'd hoped to get my ( Read more... )

I have gotten two sprinkler systems working today. Which apparently means that I can do plumbing and electronics, if only at basic levels.

Colorado said yes. That's a good thing, since a) it was my first choice, and b) the other two schools I applied to both said no. Boulder would be the ideal place to do my proposed research (on the evolution of mountain towns from mining and industry to tourism, and the associated redefinition of landscape and history that entails), and the ( Read more... )

It's a month now since I submitted the last of my three grad school applications. (Colorado and Arizona were due the 15th of January; Oregon the 1st of Feb.) Oregon got back to me today---I didn't get in---but Colorado and Arizona are still outstanding. Does this mean that they're taking longer to consider me? Have I ended up on some internal ( Read more... )

Happy new year ( Read more... )

Warning: what follows is a tale of woe that befell me last weekend. It's not necessarily the most tasteful story, but I'm still gobsmacked by the sheer irony of the situation. So I hope that justifies my relating a moderately disgusting episode ( Read more... )

Youtube seems to have decided to show me music videos of maddeningly catchy German children's songs that somehow became chart-toppers. On the whole, I don't mind too much. I'm already familiar with Schnappi, and Knut is cute---even if he's pretty much an ursine sociopath at this point. But there's just something wrong with Schnuffel. The song's ( Read more... )

Interesting story at work today ( Read more... )

One of the more awesome things I've seen this week. If not this month.

Ukraine's got talent.