My Monday staff meeting got moved up half an hour, and then it was unusually short. I had nothing to do back at my office, so I decided to check out the Navy Museum. It’s a mere two buildings away, but I hadn’t gotten around to stopping by the place, and this seemed like as [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Doing my part to spread the nightmares
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Note: This entire post is about bugs. Hate bugs? Don’t read. Really.
What is with all the freakin’ bugs the last few days?! I hate bugs!
Let’s start with the in-apartment bugs – the worst kind. Thankfully bugs are usually rare in the apartment, but there have been five of them over the last few days, which [...]
It started at an art gallery
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Yesterday one of the DC area blogs mentioned that an art display was drawing to a close. The art? “From Bugs to Beasts: Storytelling through Collage by Eric Carle“. Eric Carle is the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which was one of my very favoritest books when I was a wee beastie. So [...]
Randomness: Moldovan Independence Day version
Thursday, August 27, 2009
1. My lips and eyes have been swelling up a lot this week, even with drugs. Aggravating. The drugs are still keeping the hives at bay, though, and for that I’m grateful.
2. Yet another allergist appointment this afternoon. He officially gave up today. Alas. I’ve now got an appointment with another doctor he suggested, one [...]
First day of school
Monday, August 24, 2009
It’s the first day of school today here in DC (as well as many other places, of course). There’s an early baseball game today, which means parking is problematic, so I decided to take the bus to work. Students all over the place, some in obvious school uniforms and some not. Soon the junior high [...]
Friday Randomness: Ramadan Edition
Friday, August 21, 2009
1. Friday! Yay! I have no plans this weekend besides a running a few errands, cleaning my kitchen, and sacrificing something yet-to-be-determined to the weather gods in hopes they will be merciful and bring cooler autumn-like weather to the region early. Did you know that foreign diplomats assigned to DC in the 19th century received [...]
The next step in taking over the world
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
I’ve recently had a burning desire to return to college and take physics classes. I spent the first couple of years of college as a physics major but changed because, sadly, I was a terrible physics student. I was simply not grasping the concepts. My total lack of study skills likely contributed. So I changed [...]
Old things and not-as-old things
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Today I was in a museum mood, so I braved heat, humidity, and hordes of humanity… and visited the Museum of American History. It was fun, though I maintain that summer sucks. The museum is a short walk from the Smithsonian metro stop, but I was wilting!
I arrived just as it opened, and left [...]
Vacation: the summary
Monday, August 10, 2009
Alas, vacation time has come to an end. Today was back to work. The torment! The torture! The agony! Okay, I’m lying; it was actually fine. But Utah was great. It included:
Mint truffles.
The Highland Fling. It was pretty lame and boring, so we didn’t stay long.
Watching “Torchwood: Children of Earth” with Mom.
Geocaching [...]
Still on vacation
Saturday, August 8, 2009
FAIR Conference the last two days. ‘Twas excellent. I posted summaries at M*.
FAIR Conference 2009, Day 1
FAIR Conference 2009, Day 2
The start of vacation
Saturday, August 1, 2009
I have arrived in Utah! Safe and sound. I almost missed my flight, though. Argh! I figured allotting 3.5 hours from the center of DC to BWI, a mere 30 miles, would be sufficient. I expected a lot of traffic – it was, after all, Friday afternoon – but… ARGH! I passed two accidents, which [...]
