Man, here I stand at "intermission" in the movie Gandhi ( Read more... )

The bad news: I'm guilty.
According to this basic carbon emissions calculator, I'm even worse than the average american, and generating 28 tons of CO2 a year. In contrast, a middle-class Indian family that was interviewed on NPR last night generated 3.5 tons in a year. A whole family ( Read more... )

I fucking hate ticketmaster ( Read more... )

No matter how much I'm looking forward to returning home, coming back to my house after month-long trips is always depressing. There's always a profound sense of disorder and an instantly obvious list of things that will need repair. Not big things, but niggling depressing things all the same. Tons of light bulbs burnt out, window plastic that has ( Read more... )

imli and I have returned safely from India. We got back yesterday ( Read more... )

Squawky New Year!
I fell asleep at 3 on the couch in the middle of the party. The party apparently continued to 5, but i remember none of this. Apparently no one tripped over me too violently.

Must go home and pack now! Off to India tonight. Don't forget to read imli's and my blog. Jan 8: Oops, sorry for the bad link. Try again to read all about ( Read more... )

Ahhh. One whole hour of sitting at a coffee shop with no one I know around. I always forget how crazy, busy, noisy, screechy christmas break is. "OH my god, I haven't seen you in so long!!!" Ugh ( Read more... )

Man, that plastic in the windows really keeps the drafts out! brilliant! Who knew ( Read more... )

I'm observing for a couple nights at Kitt Peak (Arizona), and Jay is here too! Jay was ordering spaghetti with meatballs for his night lunch, and I said "Man, I wish they had spaghetti with meatless meatballs!" So, we were looking at the online night lunch form, and there were options for Meatless meatballs AND veggie sausage! I was very excited ( Read more... )

Have you ever heard the research finding that the more often you are anxious, the easier it is to trigger anxious feelings ( Read more... )