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poor pluto

August 24, 2006

Sometimes I have to laugh at the news headlines.  Ratey and I chatted about the ridiculousness of the headlines. I’m sure you’ve seen the headlines:
Pluto Dumped by Astronomers From List of Nine Planets
Pluto Is Demoted to ‘Dwarf Planet’
Pluto a Planet No More
It’s official–Pluto’s out
After 76 years in the club, Pluto is no longer a planet
Astronomers […]

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forward looking retrospective

August 23, 2006

I’ve managed to set myself up for a good trip to China this time around.  A two week jaunt will take me to Sichuan and back, a 14 day trip with a smattering of long distance train and plane travel. Most likely I will eat some ridiculously spicy food, see some outstanding mountains, and wonders […]

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if you cannot use chopsticks, you need this shirt

August 21, 2006

This is the first design that got me to sign up for a threadless account so I could vote. It’s a T-shirt. It’s brilliant. It’s silly for me, because I can use chopsticks… but I am furiously thinking of any friends I know that can’t.

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will the sun explode and kill us all

August 17, 2006

I love listening to The Naked Scientists at work. Mind you, they are going on vacation until September, but their archive is fully available and downloadable to listen to. I absolutely adore it and it keeps me going often at work.
On the question and answer show from August 6th there was a fantastic question […]

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my lack of grace

August 16, 2006

two in the morning
crashing down the dark stairwell
oh, how my butt aches

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have a laugh

August 9, 2006

I read this webcomic and had a good long laugh.  It fits so well with some of the quirky things my professor has said all semester.
You may wonder if I’ve been reading the same webcomics.  Well, here’s my current list of things I check up on regularly:
Wapsi Square
Ozy and Millie
Something Positive
Get Fuzzy
Diesel Sweeties
Scary Go Round
Rob […]

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an unceremonious end

August 9, 2006

Tuesday I will have my Biostatistics final, and that will signal the end of the first math class I’ve ever had in which I’ve felt like I “got it.” I’m fairly amazed at how much I’ve enjoyed myself thus far.
I did hand write an entry in my paper journal that I never got around to […]

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