I can't attend much of the World Science Festival because I'll be in Washington, DC this weekend visiting family. I'll be missing Alan Alda, "Seeds, Survival, Stalin," and a bunch of neat dance. However, I …
Every day that I experience a thin sheen of capsaicin-induced sweat on my face is a better day, ceteris paribus.
I have now inhaled Scott Westerfeld's Uglies trilogy, complete with a night where I stayed up till 1:30 reading in bed while Leonard slept, just to finish Specials. Now I'm reading the companion novel, Extras, …
Curtains! and The Counterfeiters are both very good, but I got a kind of whiplash from seeing them a day apart. I walked out of Curtains! with a huge relaxed smile on my face, gloating …
Since my mom is in town, I actually bought full-price Broadway tickets for once in my life. Tonight's showing of Curtains will star David Hyde Pierce and hundreds of dollars of my money in the …
Tonight my husband and sister and mom watched me cross the stage to the tune of the worst mispronunciation of my name in all my graduations ever. Who cares! Then, the ritziest freaking reception ever, …
An A- in cost-benefit analysis?! Other people must have done much worse on that final exam than I! Awesome! Now I know I'm actually graduating on Tuesday! Off to Montreal with a net-positive song in …
I think I'm done with finals. This is assuming that I did well enough on my cost-benefit analysis exam, and/or that my classmates did poorly enough. I am a little stunned and don't quite believe …
One final down, one to go. Tidbit from studying: 1961 was the last year that defense comprised half or more of US federal spending. Yesterday in a brainstorming meeting I mentioned Oregon Trail and a …
