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My parents are gone now and my Christmas shopping is a much more sedate and spread out process. But I ran across this story over on Instapundit and felt the need to pass it along. To those of you who celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas. And Happy Holidays to the rest of my friends. I hope you have a wonderful time! Thu, Dec. 24th, 2009, 08:28 am
Hmm. Today I'm thankful for:
Thu, Dec. 24th, 2009, 07:48 am
Not a terribly productive day, so it had overtones of failure, but pretty good on the whole. Some very good spots: hearing that JRP wanted to keep the YD on for another year of modeling, etc. classes. A happy phone call delivering that news to Callie, while walking around the top of the nearby hill. (Not really much of a walk in terms of exercise, but it was sunny and pleasant.) Some conversation in the evening, though not as much as I would have liked. A little noodling on the guitar. I finished reading The Highly Sensitive Person -- I'm still not sure how much of it is applicable, though certainly a lot of it is. Maybe I've just been very effective at suppressing a lot of what sensitivity I have, and never developed the skills to use it. It's certainly put things in a different light; there will be a River post once I've digested it more fully. Too many projects I need to get back to. Plenty of links up there under the cut. ... and it's too late to post a Wishful Wednesday, but not too late to wish you all a happy holiday season, whatever it is you celebrate. Thu, Dec. 24th, 2009, 05:33 am
Any cool free music you've found on the 'net? Not videos, we'll do those later today. Thu, Dec. 24th, 2009, 01:54 am
Overall, Gretchen thinks there are too many packages for the girls. I'm less convinced of this, which is why we're having this discussion. :) On the other hand, Gretchen is the one who spends more time picking up excess StuffTM. Wed, Dec. 23rd, 2009, 08:19 pm
On the other hand, not using three days of vacation for that trip makes it possible to use the four days of vacation next week. Maybe I'll get some scratch tracks recorded. :) Wed, Dec. 23rd, 2009, 05:19 pm
All I can say is "pray louder, perhaps your god is eating, or out for a stroll, or relieving himself? Is he not a god?" Wed, Dec. 23rd, 2009, 04:11 pm
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4NzZ5wy Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsAlE_bK I performed a few interviews on filk for this course, as well. Here are the links for those transcripts. (Sorry about the long urls.) http://sitemaker.umich.edu/livingmu http://sitemaker.umich.edu/livingmu I'd like to thank everyone involved. I and my classmates really appreciate your help and your willingness to share. Feel free to email me at jessgetman@gmail.com if you have any questions about these transcripts or the video. Cheers! Jessica (musicahumana) jessgetman@gmail.com PS - several people requested to remain anonymous. If a name isn't on the final product, it's because they wanted it that way, not because we were trying to leave them out. <grin> Wed, Dec. 23rd, 2009, 08:56 am
Hmm. A pretty good day, I guess. OK, a very good day in terms of things accomplished: I started on the FSA receipts (didn't get very far, but hopefully I have some momentum now), got a diagnosis for my very recent urological problems (enlarged prostate), got some lab-work done (everything looks good except the triglycerides, as usual) got a start on The Next Sub-Project at work, and had a couple of good insights. But it didn't really feel all that productive. And I know that a single dose of something that takes at least 3 weeks to work isn't going to fix the problem all at once, but... Hopefully the momentum will keep me going. OK, the insights:
I'm getting better, but it's rather slow. Lots of good, fun links up there in the notes. Wed, Dec. 23rd, 2009, 02:11 pm
In the interests of not getting snarled up in the snow and postal issues around Christmas, we /will/ accept hotel bookings by email to vanderfilk@contabile.org.uk, as long as there's a paper copy in the post as well (or you send us a scanned copy of the form). Wed, Dec. 23rd, 2009, 08:46 am
Wed, Dec. 23rd, 2009, 04:23 am
I've also decided to take the week between Christmas and New Year's Day off work. I need a vacation. :) Wed, Dec. 23rd, 2009, 10:21 am
Apart from anything else I want to start thinking about my travel plans and this pile makes the difference between train (which I like to book in advance for cheap tickets) and car. Tue, Dec. 22nd, 2009, 10:28 pm
Tue, Dec. 22nd, 2009, 08:04 pm
This was after we went to see Avatar which is nifty even if it is the old exploiters vs the Noble Savages plot. Well... actually not quite if you take careful note of fine details I suspect even Cameron hasn't considered the implications of. But I'll be holding that discussion over in my Inksome journal probably tomorrow (worry not, I'll link from here) with people who have already seen the movie. Visually it's impressive, and most of the scientific howlers take place on the website, not on screen. So avoid the website and enjoy the movie. (Fair warning if you're watching it in 3D which you should if you can - I am not generally subject to Doom sickness, but at one point I turned my head during a rapid paced scene and got mildly dizzy. If you are, you may want to settle for a really large flatscreen version.) Tue, Dec. 22nd, 2009, 09:41 pm
They're dropping like flies! Tue, Dec. 22nd, 2009, 10:03 pm
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