May 2009
37 posts
I need to acquire another season of Doctor Who.
Just bid on an old rangefinder on TradeMe… after closing eBay because I decided not to buy one. Oy.
4 hours of class left, 1 research paper, and 2 finals.
Shit. I just locked myself out of my room.
Finished with the map, two cross-sections, and structure contours! Four hours before it’s due. And now it’s time for sleep.
Only coloring left. Much later than expected.
I think everything is done. Now on to inking and coloring. And it’s still early!
The Case for Working With Your Hands →
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Indian not so good and overpriced. Oh well. Work now.
Indian food downtown tonight at Two Fat Indians (“art of pint & curry”) and then back to the grindstone.
This weather is so weird. Cold, high wind with bands of rain and sunshine.
Locality Nº 39, where are you?
Yay, thunder and lightning!
Mmm, food coma. Now I’m really not going to get those strikes and dips plotted.
Power is out for just my flat. Office doesn’t know why. Oy.
Just ate a tamarillo (or tree tomato) I whimsically bought on a late night grocery store run. Very odd taste and texture combination.
Making apple sauce from a few old apples I had laying around.
Freehand transferring from my overlay to a base map of a different scale.
Heading downtown tonight to catch the Jayhawks backed by The Eastern. Sweet!
Time to make banana bread.
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars →
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Finally nice out again
New favorite omelet: tomato, caramelised onions, and cheddar cheese. (No meat?! Gasp!)
Searching for Value in Ludicrous Ideas →
This is a relentless age we’re living in, a time when innovative solutions — or any solutions, for that matter — to our seemingly infinite problems seem in short supply.
Pollen counting is Hard.
Right, I do actually have class today. Pollen counting in lab.
Business →
The map of organic farms in the United States is clustered into a few geographic centers, a strikingly different pattern than the map of all farms.
Viral Humor Helps Mexicans Cope →
Update | 5:26 p.m. A Lede reader named Alfred Megally sent us links to a series of comic photos he’s shot for his blog this week in Mexico City on the swine flu outbreak. Here’s one of the best:
Going Dutch →
PICTURE ME, IF YOU WILL, as I settle at my desk to begin my workday, and feel free to use a Vermeer image as your template. The pale-yellow light that gives Dutch paintings their special glow…
Aww, missing out on this: http://benfry.com/writing/archives/374
Behold the Earth
Pandemic pandemonium | Salon →
Power outage in the whole apartment complex. People acting like they’ve never had the power in out. Foils my plans for cookies and dinner. Drat.