I went to a wedding tonight.  It was the first wedding where I really cared about the couple.  The first one was a coworker of my dad's and I was there to make sure he didn't use any drink tickets.  A babysitter of sorts.  The second, the bride didn't want me at.  I was a plus-one for the groom's side and I was only allowed at that because the ( Read more... )

On a vaguely related note to my previous post, because I've been engaging the guy I'm dating in arguments that I don't support in practice but believe wholly on a philosophical level ( Read more... )

I'll let you know when I start feeling like one.

Today I went to visit the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.   The pieces were beautiful, but the collection was much smaller than I anticipated.  After about an hour, I'd watched both of their videos and spent some time with every piece in the place.   I'd already paid too much for full-day parking--in fairness, I feel like charging someone almost any ( Read more... )

Preposterous.

Article linked above is short and if, like me, you visit pro-life websites with pictures of scrambled fetuses accompanied by captions reading "Luks lyk babeee 2 me" just to feel white-hot rage . . . well, you might just get a kick out of this story.

As far as I can tell, the big question here--the only question worth pursuing really--is ( Read more... )

http://xkcd.com/747/
Agreed.

My definitions are close to the cartoonist's, perhaps a little more fine-tuned.

To me:
Geek: Someone with incredibly obsessively extensive knowledge of a specialized area.
Nerd: A more socially individual with obsessively extensive knowledge of a generally useful ( Read more... )

I ordered a book through half.com that I'm supposed to read before classes at Southwestern start.  I ordered it about three and a half weeks ago.  They don't like you to contact the seller about the product not arriving until three weeks have passed, since they give almost a full week to ship it, and then allow up to two weeks for media mail ( Read more... )

My boss left early today.  I love it when that happens.  This job is infantilizing.  Today, my boss told me we'd be giving a full refund to a man who had called yesterday.  He'd registered for some session only the day before (Monday), and then realized he could not attend and wanted to cancel.  My boss insisted that he would lose his deposit--$100 ( Read more... )

Just finished watching Murderball.  A large part of the film focuses on the rivalry between the U.S. and Canada.  It's something akin to the Ohio/Michigan rivalry; someone that another group has claimed as one of theirs goes to the other side when they see greater opportunity for advancement ( Read more... )

I have a new room now.  Same house, we spent the last two days moving me into a new room.  I'm in the den now, with a separate entrance, with a bathroom to myself, with a much larger room, and a larger T.V., although I don't care much for T.V. sizes.  I still need to figure out the closet space, and my desk is tiny now, but all in all, it's a good ( Read more... )