Evidently nobody explained the concept of "fall back" to our cats. They were yowling a full hour earlier.

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So after 14 years, I'm finally re-certified to fly a Cessna 152 by myself ( Read more... )

I'd learned during college that if I was too warm at night, I'd have nightmares. I have two bloody nightmares that stand out in particular from that first year in college, before I'd realized the connection between too many blankets and the bloody dreams. This post gets graphic in places, so I'm putting the bloody parts below the jump, just in case ( Read more... )

MacOSX comes with a translation widget. You select the From: and To: languages, type in a phrase, and up pops the answer. I tried this with "There can be only one ( Read more... )

Co-worker: Wolfgangemilio, computer support needs to patch the laptop from the lab, but they're missing a part. Did you see a dongle anywhere in the lab?

WE: Can you describe the dongle?

I have an announcement to make.

I am Barak Obama's Vice Presidential running mate. You heard it here first on LJ.

I've been going to Tuesday/Thursday Aikido classes at the Enbukan, which are beginner- and intermediate-level classes. Although it's not unusual for the intermediate classes to have solely advanced students, in which case it turns into a de facto regular class, I still don't do as many breakfalls* as I should be doing, with the end result that I'm ( Read more... )

The last time I flew an airplane was about 14 years ago. After flipping through many magazines in the intervening time, explaining to LCP that the cover of each one showed the airplane I was going to buy some day, I finally managed to get my butt back in the air ( Read more... )

My little car...

They grow up so fast.


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