CONGRATULATIONS (e:fing) & family!!
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10/18/2008 22:45 #46185
Congratulations, Baby Fing!!!Category: e:strip
Baby Fing is here!!! He made it!!!
CONGRATULATIONS (e:fing) & family!!
PS: Now get little baby Jack to blog here! ;-)
CONGRATULATIONS (e:fing) & family!!
PS: Now get little baby Jack to blog here! ;-)
10/18/2008 00:21 #46170
Top ten random things I want to doCategory: the odes
-- As of today and in no particular order --
1. Propose. Propose. Propose.
2. Finish that grant paragraph/page.
3. Learn how to bake bread.
(I love the smell of bread, but I have never dealt with artificial yeast before. I am somewhat worried that whatever bread I do manage to make will come out smelling yeasty. This also seems like a ridiculous fear especially since I haven't even attempted to make any bread till now.)
4. Learn how to low vault that wall on my way to Roswell. (I think I might need strong arms for this trick. Did I mention that my arms are out of proportion to the rest of my body? They look like sticks. If someone were to whack my forearms hard, I think there is a strong likelihood that they might break in two. Both ulna and radius in one go.)
5. Get some wool yarn for my halloween costume.
6. Actually sew my halloween costume
7. Finish this literature search I am doing and write it up ASAP.
8. Get a haircut (OMG, my hair is so long and untidy, its covering my ears now. UGH)
9. Learn to make that perfect cup of coffee that I once had at this Italian restaurant called Pane Vino's in Rochester. Seriously, that coffee must have come from bean heaven because I was so enamoured that I had 7 cups of it. I skipped dinner altogether in favour of coffee. I know it must have made a weird impression on the faculty but hey, truly good coffee can only be appreciated via loon worship and erratic behaviour. I tried to explain later that it was done in the spirit of coffee but hardly anyone at the table agreed. Oh well. That coffee was awesome.
10. Start on the practical part of my dissertation research. (And learn some cool laboratory basic sciency things on the way.)
1. Propose. Propose. Propose.
2. Finish that grant paragraph/page.
3. Learn how to bake bread.
(I love the smell of bread, but I have never dealt with artificial yeast before. I am somewhat worried that whatever bread I do manage to make will come out smelling yeasty. This also seems like a ridiculous fear especially since I haven't even attempted to make any bread till now.)
4. Learn how to low vault that wall on my way to Roswell. (I think I might need strong arms for this trick. Did I mention that my arms are out of proportion to the rest of my body? They look like sticks. If someone were to whack my forearms hard, I think there is a strong likelihood that they might break in two. Both ulna and radius in one go.)
5. Get some wool yarn for my halloween costume.
6. Actually sew my halloween costume
7. Finish this literature search I am doing and write it up ASAP.
8. Get a haircut (OMG, my hair is so long and untidy, its covering my ears now. UGH)
9. Learn to make that perfect cup of coffee that I once had at this Italian restaurant called Pane Vino's in Rochester. Seriously, that coffee must have come from bean heaven because I was so enamoured that I had 7 cups of it. I skipped dinner altogether in favour of coffee. I know it must have made a weird impression on the faculty but hey, truly good coffee can only be appreciated via loon worship and erratic behaviour. I tried to explain later that it was done in the spirit of coffee but hardly anyone at the table agreed. Oh well. That coffee was awesome.
10. Start on the practical part of my dissertation research. (And learn some cool laboratory basic sciency things on the way.)
gardenmama - 10/18/08 12:48
Coffee is a glorious thing, isn't it?! The best cup of coffee I ever had was at Cafe' Du Monde in New Orleans. I could go back there just for the coffee (and the Beignets too, of course). I brought a couple of cans of their coffee home with me and it was delicious, but not exactly the same as in the cafe'. Maybe part of the fabulousness of it was being there.
I love the pix you put in this post - what a riot!
Coffee is a glorious thing, isn't it?! The best cup of coffee I ever had was at Cafe' Du Monde in New Orleans. I could go back there just for the coffee (and the Beignets too, of course). I brought a couple of cans of their coffee home with me and it was delicious, but not exactly the same as in the cafe'. Maybe part of the fabulousness of it was being there.
I love the pix you put in this post - what a riot!
lauren - 10/18/08 09:46
you are absolutely hysterical! I loved this post and I need a good chuckle this early in the morning :)
And I wanted to thank you for your comments...I totally agree with a lot of what you said, especially about talk within/among like minded academics...and considering that I have ZERO knowledge of science, I was interested in your mention of genetics and diagnostics...although I will admit to being weary of science and classification in general because this was very much part of the project to reinscribe race "characteristics" as natural...like the whole going out and measuring facial features and whatnot. but at the same time i was once really interested in evolutionary theory, even though most feminists think it is terribly problematic.
you are absolutely hysterical! I loved this post and I need a good chuckle this early in the morning :)
And I wanted to thank you for your comments...I totally agree with a lot of what you said, especially about talk within/among like minded academics...and considering that I have ZERO knowledge of science, I was interested in your mention of genetics and diagnostics...although I will admit to being weary of science and classification in general because this was very much part of the project to reinscribe race "characteristics" as natural...like the whole going out and measuring facial features and whatnot. but at the same time i was once really interested in evolutionary theory, even though most feminists think it is terribly problematic.
10/15/2008 19:52 #46132
Vanity FairCategory: dailies
Overheard conversation on the bus:
Girl with a paper shopping bag that had "Coach" Leatherware written on it: *Holds up a small handbag for the inspection of the bus driver* I love Gucci. You know, Gucci as they made it in the 60s. You can tell the difference between the real thing and the fake. You touch it and you can tell the difference.
Bloke with apparently "designer" shoes and huge eyes: Yeah, folks here won't know it. Does an eyeroll with those especially huge eyes. You know, this girl at school flat out denied, I MEAN DENIED *taps the bus seat for effect* that outlets like Coach and Nordstrom even existed. These people...
Coach Girl: I am proud to say I wasn't born in this poor ass city. I was born in Chicago, that's where I was born.
Huge Eyes: *Rolls huge eyes* I went to Colombus *pulls out a mall map and waves it around* *Bus driver turns around 180 degrees in her seat while navigating an intersection, I almost pass out in fright* Now here's a Nordstrom, here's Gucci. Now that's when you know the economy of a city is doing well. When you have stores like Nordstrom. Here, there is no hope. I mean people don't know Coach and Nordstrom exist. You see here *waves around mall map once more* there are all these stores.
Coach Girl: This here is an original Coach bag, I go there all the time. You know imitation, it just isn't the same.
Huge Eyes: Yeah, I am from New York City. I know. We can tell you where you get the real nice stuff. *Coach girl gives emphatic nod, clutches the "genuine Gucci" bag closer*.
I honestly couldn't believe this was not some kind of a sloppy ad-placement daytime TV show. Hahaha :)
Girl with a paper shopping bag that had "Coach" Leatherware written on it: *Holds up a small handbag for the inspection of the bus driver* I love Gucci. You know, Gucci as they made it in the 60s. You can tell the difference between the real thing and the fake. You touch it and you can tell the difference.
Bloke with apparently "designer" shoes and huge eyes: Yeah, folks here won't know it. Does an eyeroll with those especially huge eyes. You know, this girl at school flat out denied, I MEAN DENIED *taps the bus seat for effect* that outlets like Coach and Nordstrom even existed. These people...
Coach Girl: I am proud to say I wasn't born in this poor ass city. I was born in Chicago, that's where I was born.
Huge Eyes: *Rolls huge eyes* I went to Colombus *pulls out a mall map and waves it around* *Bus driver turns around 180 degrees in her seat while navigating an intersection, I almost pass out in fright* Now here's a Nordstrom, here's Gucci. Now that's when you know the economy of a city is doing well. When you have stores like Nordstrom. Here, there is no hope. I mean people don't know Coach and Nordstrom exist. You see here *waves around mall map once more* there are all these stores.
- Here Coach Girl and Huge Eyes go off into a long long long prattle about the merits of designer stuff and the general ignorance of buffalo, making sure that the whole bus gets to know that they are really not from here.* *I zone out and my eyes glaze over.*
- Ping: Now approaching Bird Street* *I shake out of my vanity-drivel induced reverie.*
Coach Girl: This here is an original Coach bag, I go there all the time. You know imitation, it just isn't the same.
Huge Eyes: Yeah, I am from New York City. I know. We can tell you where you get the real nice stuff. *Coach girl gives emphatic nod, clutches the "genuine Gucci" bag closer*.
- Their stop comes around, they get off and bus driver hands her card to them and says, "Yeah give me a call. I like the good stuff".
I honestly couldn't believe this was not some kind of a sloppy ad-placement daytime TV show. Hahaha :)
fellyconnelly - 10/16/08 10:23
thank you for the gratuitous 'shoes' reference, (e:matthew)! I think that was the only thing that was missing!
thank you for the gratuitous 'shoes' reference, (e:matthew)! I think that was the only thing that was missing!
paul - 10/15/08 21:51
Maybe it was a carefully placed add seeing if the people of Buffalo are ready for the priviledge of nordstrom and coach, lol.
Maybe it was a carefully placed add seeing if the people of Buffalo are ready for the priviledge of nordstrom and coach, lol.
zobar - 10/15/08 21:31
I used to live in a place where they had a mall with a Coach, and a Nordstrom, and a Coach counter at the Nordstrom.
You want to know what kind of people live in places like this?
The kind of people who talk about how they're not Bus People. While riding the bus.
- Z
I used to live in a place where they had a mall with a Coach, and a Nordstrom, and a Coach counter at the Nordstrom.
You want to know what kind of people live in places like this?
The kind of people who talk about how they're not Bus People. While riding the bus.
- Z
matthew - 10/15/08 20:56
this journal entry really craked me up! I can totally hear that conversation in my head. I've heard them so many times before. I actually know people who could easily have been the girls you are talking about. They are soo ridiculous, it makes me laugh!
"These shoes rock! ...
...These shoes suck!"
this journal entry really craked me up! I can totally hear that conversation in my head. I've heard them so many times before. I actually know people who could easily have been the girls you are talking about. They are soo ridiculous, it makes me laugh!
"These shoes rock! ...
...These shoes suck!"
gardenmama - 10/15/08 19:59
Freaky - if they're so into the "good stuff" how come they're on the bus?
Freaky - if they're so into the "good stuff" how come they're on the bus?
10/14/2008 22:12 #46119
And now for some party pooping...Category: science
Watch that alcohol intake this holiday/party season... oh wait, better watch it ALL the time because:
Yeah, I *love* to be the messenger of any news against my favourite two HUGE preventable causes of >60% of morbidity and >100% loathsomeness around the world.
Reference:
From:
In contrast to studies on cardiovascular disease, this study found that moderate alcohol consumption was not protective against normal age-related differences in total brain volume. Rather, the more alcohol consumed, the smaller the total brain volume*.
Yeah, I *love* to be the messenger of any news against my favourite two HUGE preventable causes of >60% of morbidity and >100% loathsomeness around the world.
Reference:
- Paul CA et. al. Association of Alcohol Consumption With Brain Volume in the Framingham Study Arch Neurol. 2008;65(10):1363-1367.
10/11/2008 11:11 #46057
The Financial Crisis: Whiteboard 101Category: the odes
I was looking up good presentation software alternatives for the PC (yeah, I do not have keynote, you elite mac owners!) when I found this very cool whiteboard explanation of the credit crisis. With my fascination for the KISS (K.eep I.t S.imple and S.tupid) principle for presentations and additionally, a new-found fascination for understanding what the hell is going on with the economic situation facing the planet, I could not help but appreciate the wonderfully coherent way, in which Paddy Hirsch explains it all.
Basically, its a champagne and whiteboard enhanced version of (e:jim)'s detailed and awesome explanation ((e:tinypliny,45704)).
It strengthens my opinion that the whiteboard is the most effective presentation software out there. I am still playing with the idea of going the whiteboard way for my dissertation proposal...
There are some other alternatives for out-of-options PC users who are sick of the clunky and ugly PowerPoint or even the open-source OpenOffice Impress (yeah, opensource is very appealing, but after 5 years of non-stop use, I think Impress is still not up to snuff with what makes an appealing presentation). Google Docs is at an embryonic bare-bones state. 280slides.com might be a messiah but I need to try it out first to be sure.
The real questions are, however:
1. Am I coherent enough to take this risk and let go of the presentation software crutch altogether?
2. Though my advisor here is at the leading edge of creativity, super-awesome, very open and receptive to experimentation, my remote advisor is old-school-by-the-book, too practical and grounded-to-rules kind of a person and might be difficult to persuade. The contrast between them is so striking when I think about issues such as these. :)
Basically, its a champagne and whiteboard enhanced version of (e:jim)'s detailed and awesome explanation ((e:tinypliny,45704)).
It strengthens my opinion that the whiteboard is the most effective presentation software out there. I am still playing with the idea of going the whiteboard way for my dissertation proposal...
There are some other alternatives for out-of-options PC users who are sick of the clunky and ugly PowerPoint or even the open-source OpenOffice Impress (yeah, opensource is very appealing, but after 5 years of non-stop use, I think Impress is still not up to snuff with what makes an appealing presentation). Google Docs is at an embryonic bare-bones state. 280slides.com might be a messiah but I need to try it out first to be sure.
The real questions are, however:
1. Am I coherent enough to take this risk and let go of the presentation software crutch altogether?
2. Though my advisor here is at the leading edge of creativity, super-awesome, very open and receptive to experimentation, my remote advisor is old-school-by-the-book, too practical and grounded-to-rules kind of a person and might be difficult to persuade. The contrast between them is so striking when I think about issues such as these. :)
Congrats