Archive for September, 2008

Grade check

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

First grade of my graduate student career: 97.
Can’t get too excited, because it was on a paper that counts for 5% of my final grade. Still though, not bad.

Resume updated

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Woohoo, resume updating time again. It was a crazy summer, but now I’m setting into a new project that’s not at all ARG-like. I think I’m really going to enjoy it.

Buzzards

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Buzzards

Originally uploaded by addlepated

Oh hai. I can has carrion?
Seriously, WTF? There was a thumping in the chimney earlier, then we were swarmed by buzzards.

Watermelon

Friday, September 5th, 2008

Watermelon

Originally uploaded by addlepated

I thought the watermelon was safe. I thought wrong. Hub found the remains this afternoon. The half weighed almost 2 lbs., so it had to be something strong enough to lug around a 4 lb. fruit. Could have been deer, armadillos, squirrels - who knows? All I [...]

Yay Apple

Friday, September 5th, 2008

I called back because I had one more day before my year anniversary of getting this battery and 1.5 hours of battery life ain’t gonna cut it. They forwarded me to a product specialist who made an exception for me and is shipping a new battery as I type. Now that’s what I’m [...]