(Actually now with PhD, but Doctor of Philosophy just doesn't have the same evil ring, does it?)
Cleared out my office at the department yesterday and turned in my keys, most of which no longer work as their locks were so old they'd already been changed.
We've been packing again today and also some other things that you can see a few of as I've been furtively trying out Chorewars.
Thanks to Argotnaut for hooking me on yet another blasted internet toy! At least now I'm getting some gratification for things I have to do already.
PS: the list of "adventures" completed is far from exhaustive.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Comguads!
In the spirit of my list of nonwords, I had to blog this lovely cake for everyone I know who recently graduated.
It's so wrong, it's right.
Thank you so much, Flick'rer Magpie-Moon.
It's so wrong, it's right.
Thank you so much, Flick'rer Magpie-Moon.
Monday, July 16, 2007
The Cat and The Bag
The cat's out of the bag: my husband's given his official two-week notice that he's going to be a stay-at-home dad while I do my internship. Now you may talk about it freely amongst yourselves.
Move: three weeks.
Internship: one month.
Meanwhile, I'm still trying to complete the dissertation in small chunks of time on the weekends. I'm making progress but it's maddeningly slow.
This photo makes it look like I'm a Lidy of Leisure, but that's only because you can't see the bags under my eyes so well in that green shade. Limelet loves that pool insanely. I love that I get to sit down.
Move: three weeks.
Internship: one month.
Meanwhile, I'm still trying to complete the dissertation in small chunks of time on the weekends. I'm making progress but it's maddeningly slow.
This photo makes it look like I'm a Lidy of Leisure, but that's only because you can't see the bags under my eyes so well in that green shade. Limelet loves that pool insanely. I love that I get to sit down.
Thursday, July 05, 2007
Sigh....Why The Internet Is So Great
Some dumb@55 recently joined that Freecycle group I started (just to get rid of some big item of junk last year, I really didn't want to be in charge of it and have been trying to find someone else to take over it), and then posted a request for certain favors I won't mention here for fear of [more] spam.
Since new member posts are moderated, I denied the post, and also dumped the guy from the group. No need to accept people who'll send messages like that to 400 local citizens, who'll then complain to me. He immediately attempted to re-sign up, which I denied.
Then he emailed me and said he was going to sign up under another ID. I replied that was fine as long as that ID respected the group rules, to which he responded "nope," and then began signing me up for all kinds of random online stuff. I know this because I started getting a bunch of "confirm your new account!" emails in my inbox right after this exchange.
I hope he can't do any real damage.
Jerk.
* * * *
A few minutes and a brief Google search later...
I see from an online discussion that the selfsame guy is embroiled in a child custody dispute. What a great dad to have!
Since new member posts are moderated, I denied the post, and also dumped the guy from the group. No need to accept people who'll send messages like that to 400 local citizens, who'll then complain to me. He immediately attempted to re-sign up, which I denied.
Then he emailed me and said he was going to sign up under another ID. I replied that was fine as long as that ID respected the group rules, to which he responded "nope," and then began signing me up for all kinds of random online stuff. I know this because I started getting a bunch of "confirm your new account!" emails in my inbox right after this exchange.
I hope he can't do any real damage.
Jerk.
* * * *
A few minutes and a brief Google search later...
I see from an online discussion that the selfsame guy is embroiled in a child custody dispute. What a great dad to have!
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Happy Independence Day!
I'm happy for someone taking nice photos and uploading them ASAP like this, as we are unlikely to see any fireworks ourselves this year.
So, happy Fourth! Thank goodness we got those Brits out of our hair.
Oh, wait...
So, happy Fourth! Thank goodness we got those Brits out of our hair.
Oh, wait...
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Amazon Fun
Amazon has some really sucky qualities that I've complained about before, like its horrible, terrible, awful, no-good search engine. (Just give up and search using Google within Amazon.com.)
But I did really love Amazon Prime (discontinued that temporarily as we are saving our dough for more important things right now), love the free shipping on many items, and we do have an Amazon credit card since we use them so much anyway, what with all our book buyin'.
And what wonderful books have I gotten with our recent Amazon "rewards"?
I could have gotten some technical and/or reference books that TheLimey and I need for our respective careers, or even some of the pages and pages of books that we each have on our wish lists, or I could have made up some non-gift-giving to certain relatives (poor things), but instead, I got this, and these, and--my favorite--this.
TheLimey thinks that last thing is too big. He may be right. But I don't care! [sticks fingers in ears] LA LA LA! I can't hear your reasonable doubts! LA LA LA!
Not only will Limelet love it, I want to sit in it myself and drink a margarita. (Just one, so's not to drunken the baby.)
But I did really love Amazon Prime (discontinued that temporarily as we are saving our dough for more important things right now), love the free shipping on many items, and we do have an Amazon credit card since we use them so much anyway, what with all our book buyin'.
And what wonderful books have I gotten with our recent Amazon "rewards"?
I could have gotten some technical and/or reference books that TheLimey and I need for our respective careers, or even some of the pages and pages of books that we each have on our wish lists, or I could have made up some non-gift-giving to certain relatives (poor things), but instead, I got this, and these, and--my favorite--this.
TheLimey thinks that last thing is too big. He may be right. But I don't care! [sticks fingers in ears] LA LA LA! I can't hear your reasonable doubts! LA LA LA!
Not only will Limelet love it, I want to sit in it myself and drink a margarita. (Just one, so's not to drunken the baby.)
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