Celebrate with fauns!
Nov 29th 2004General
Apparently it’s the birthday of C. S. Lewis, Louisa May Alcott, and Madeleine L’Engle, all at once. At least
Archive for November, 2004
Vacation!
Nov 22nd 2004General
Visiting my parents for Thanksgiving, for the first time since I was a senior in high school. Except that I wasn’t actually “visiting” then, since I lived here. Which sort of makes this the first time I’ve *ever* visited my parents for Thanksgiving — which sounds even worse.
They don’t all hate us
Nov 20th 2004General
Europeans, that is. Was talking to a postdoc in the lab the other day; she’s an MD from Romania, lived or visited
3 Seminars, 1 afternoon
Nov 17th 2004nerd alert
Three seminars in one day, after an aimless morning. And then we had decent cider and average donuts at the department mixer. Caramel apples, too, although I’ve never been partial to those. And then my mens’ group did a little party for our “sister” women’s group. With miniature quiche. From a box of frozen ones. [...]
Polls!
Nov 16th 2004General
I’m trying to decide between a new camera (the Canon A85) and a new PDA (Dell Axim X30, with wireless). Both my