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Last week, the lab across the hall from my office held a sort of “labwarming*” party to show off their recently-renovated digs. Food, drink, conversations, et al. Reason #A to love this job: Beer at the party. Reason #B: When the party officially began, I was setting up the PI’s new network printer. The process [...]

First, we harken back to this post of a Neruda sonnet, which pre-dates my current relationship but is a damned fine post anyway. Second, we have this: (Image found by Flickr user valart2008 and posted at http://www.flickr.com/photos/23516766@N04/2244002673/; it’s CC-BY-SA, so check the license terms before re-using it.)

We don’t really do anything super-special for Valentine’s Day — aside from the whole “Hallmark holiday” argument, there is much to be said for recognizing love in all its small everyday manifestations — but the occasion does give me a chancean excuse to be sappy. So. Click the link to see this year’s cheesy graphical [...]

Tuesday night I cooked dinner for Valentine’s Day — it’s cheaper and less crowded, everyone. Just wanted to recap. A year or so ago, I impulsively grabbed a box of quinoa from Trader Joe’s. It had been sitting in my cabinet ever since, because I was a bit intimidated by it (thinking “oh my God [...]

THE LAST DAY. There’s no distinct division between yesterday’s stuff and today’s, so this picks up right around midnight on Valentine’s 2001. To the NSA people reading this: in the first paragraph, I’m pointing out an obvious flaw in airport security in Chennai. Had I actually tried anything of the sort, I imagine one of [...]