Category: Life

I went to bed last night with a headache that felt like it might be terminal. And I woke up with it, too. A few hours into my conference my brain was ricocheting around my skull like a rubber ball and I had to make my way back to the drugstore at which I bought [...]

Inexplicably, I woke up before 6:30 this morning, as alert as the cats. This never happens. I drove (20 miles each way, yep) to work for a few hours of meetings and drove back home again, packed, and left for Vancouver, BC, where I need to attend a conference. The first sign of woe was [...]

To those planning a wedding: you may want to consider sedating yourself for the last month of the task. Drinking heavily. Video poker. Unending acupuncture. But seriously, love is a many-faceted thing, and wedding planning just intensifies every one of those facets.

London Bomb Blasts Pool (via BoingBoing)

2005-07-03-aileen_kes_horrified Originally uploaded by lyzadanger. Last night: one of those good nights that make everything else seem wholly worthwhile. A few photos can be seen at Flickr of the after-celebration at the Greek Cuisina. A relaxing weekend. Their reception five weeks before my own wedding. No one can believe that I’m not stressed out. I’m [...]

David Lynch–yes, that’s right: David Oh-my-idol Lynch–seriously-to-god reads the weather report every day on the Internet. [via Boing Boing]

I could see dropping several hours of geek-induced frenzy on this: Google Maps API.

With Sydney twin, Portland building climbing and someone bouldering who is his spitting image (albeit far away). Doppleganger. The real David Hoenig.

Ah, the Bonneville Power Administration cares about YOU, Oregonians. As the losing side in a recent court battle, they argued that allowing high amounts of spill over NW dams–a measure to help endanged salmon get through–would cause citizens’ electricity bills to skyrocket. Saving salmon, they argued, is going to cost you a pretty penny. Be [...]

Mike Poage, Dave Hood and I watched a Daily Show in which Jon Stewart railed against those who employ Hitler/Nazi Germany in rhetoric or argument. Here is my favorite example of a really bad way to invoke Hitler: Riding alone