As a guy who ended up marrying the smart girl, I have to echo wil with a hearty so say we all on his comments  about actress/mathematician Danica “Winnie Cooper” McKellar’s new book about math geared toward girls. Listen closely, girls: Smart is much, much, more attractive than dumb. If there’s one thing I’ve tried getting [...]

Except for the dog waking me up at 4am this morning, I do believe that I’m feeling pretty close to human this morning after my procedure Friday morning. According to the medical team, I’m still not supposed to pick up anything heavier than about ten pounds for another couple of days, but overall, I’m feeling [...]

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I’ve been attending class all week in a hotel with free internet access, with tons of really long (longer than they really need to be) breaks, and I only thought to bring the laptop in today. Well consider that rememdied. And to celebrate, here’s the story that’ll be taking the world by storm by the [...]

…the interview’s over; and I think it went reasonably well…I think.  Who knows.  I had at least one real friend on the interview panel, so there’s that, and the other two didn’t run me out, and seemed responsive in a positive manner. What’s potentially interesting is that my competition doesn’t seem to be who I [...]

ten pounds of something in a five pound bag It may not be as bad as that statement’s colloquial connotation makes it out to be, but the week certainly feels overstuffed enough to qualify for a reasonably literal reading of the comparison. I think the feeling stems from the fact that it’s a non-normal week [...]

she finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in six bloody hours. …and was weeping openly by chapter four.

I can’t come up with anything that feels like a theme or a common thread here, but then, that’s why it’s called random, isn’t it? “You Are Alright” – Akitaka Tohyama “Counting Blue Cars” – Dishwalla “Your Racist Friend” – TMBG “Armageddon It” – Def Leppard “Princes of the Universe” – Queen “A Sorta Fairy [...]

With Deathly Hallows dropping this weekend, and the world (particularly the internet) on the verge of going into a temporary shutdown as people drop off to read said book and avoid encountering spoilers (which are out there already, of course, the most prominent being that guy who supposedly “found” a copy of the book early, [...]

As I type this, the bathroom floor is being installed. Finally. [EDIT]: It Is Done. The Saga of the Floor is Over. on an entirely unrelated note… …In a recent Business Week interview, in answer to a question about her post-Bush Administration plans, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice responded: “I don’t know what I’ll do [...]