And the Hippo was Allergic to Magic – Ridiculously Cute Kid’s Story
The story is fantastic, and the little girl’s eyelashes are just absolutely ridiculous. *explodes from cuteness* [via BB and MetaFilter]
Archive for November, 2008
Merlin Mann – Google TechTalk on Time and Attention
I’ve mentioned this before, but I just saw a post on Lifehacker that reminded me of Merlin Mann’s excellent talk about Time and Attention. The video is 35 minutes, and taken from a Google TechTalk from March of 2008. If you’re someone who gets pulled in a lot of directions daily, I can’t stress how…
Happy Birthday, Leslie!
Liz and went to Leslie’s birthday celebration, held this year at Rodan. Sadly, though the atmosphere is always great at Rodan…. it’s also pretty dark, and none of my photos turned out. A fun evening out, despite the fact that we were waiting for a large area to clear out that never really did (there…
4:45 PM – High Fives for Everyone!
A recent trend started up over the past week or two: daily high-fives. It began, innocently enough, as something contained within the Design Team… but it gradually grew, and spilled out beyond our rows over into the Affiliates. Here’s Brian’s description of how it all started: I believe it was around 4:30pm on one of…
Ronald Mallett – Physics Professor, Son and Secretive Time Traveler
A few days ago, I came across a pretty fascinating article that I simply couldn’t stop thinking about. Ronald Mallett is a UConn physics professor who has kept a pretty big secret his entire career (and his entire life pretty much). Afraid of being ridiculed by his colleagues, he only recently let it be known…
Liz’s Latest Project: Crochet Bunny
A few quick picks to show off Liz’s latest creation – Mr. Pink Eared Bunnyrabbit. Rear view. It’s a little hard to tell, but there’s a big sproing-y tail there. Closeup of the face. Cutest nose ever!
Liz Passes Her Exam!
So you know, Liz passed her big exam. Apparently, they don’t tell you scores or anything – just whether or not you passed. She’s got another big cumulative exam in the Spring, similar in nature to this one. The one she took covered all the material she learned last year, and the upcoming one covers…
Vince the Cat: Looking for a New Home
My friend Chelsea is, sadly, looking for a new home for her cat – Vince. Chelsea is planning on moving in with her boyfriend Rob, and he’s super allergic – so much so that the option of keeping Vince really isn’t something they can reasonably do. I went through the same thing with Harmony, and…
So… How YOU Doin’?
Most mornings, I’m up fairly early… surfing the web, checking up on the few blogs I frequent, and making posts here to my own blog. It’s part of how I start my day, and I generally update with photos or stuff that I found the day prior. Lately though, I’ve not been doing the early…
Zilch: Addictive Skill/Luck Game with Dice
Zilch is a pretty addictive, dice-based game of skill and luck. It took me a little while to really get a hang of the rules, but it’s pretty much something like this: You can score points a few ways, primarily by rolling a 1 (100 points) or a 5 (50 points). If you roll three…
New Disney/Pixar Trailer: Up
Awesome trailer for the upcoming Disney/Pixar movie, Up. [via] I’ve made mention of balloons a lot on here, so this trailer seems pretty on-topic. For some past blog post fun, check out: Balloon Outside My DoorUnbearably HappyBlack BalloonReleasing Leftover BalloonsOh Shit, the Light PoleFrankfort Fall Festival: Waterballoon War, 2007Frankfort Fall Festival: Waterballoon War, 2008My Amazing…
Dim Sum in Chinatown, Phoenix Restaurant
I met up with Justin and Stuart for breakfast/lunch – Dim Sum at Phoenix, in Chinatown. There was to be a larger group, but a lot of folks ended up not being able to make it, and so it was just the three of us. Which actually turned out in our favor, as we didn’t…
Audrey’s Dedication Ceremony, Bethel Church
Tonight we trekked back out to Merrillville, IN to be with Liz’s family for Audrey’s dedication ceremony. Similar to the dedication ceremony for Paige, we attended a service at Bethel Church and got to hang out with Darryl’s family afterwards. At Tricia’s house afterwards, all the women snuck away to watch Liz try on her…
Liz Finds Her Wedding Dress
I got a call from Liz mid-afternoon today, and she was very excited. She had gone to a Sample Sale, and had found a wedding dress she really, really liked. And got quite the bargain on it, too. When I got home, I saw the dress hanging from the door. Actually… I did’t really see…
Photos from Aimee’s Reading
On Wednesday, I attended a reading by my friend (and MFA alum) Aimee Nezhukumatathil. It was a little odd trying to sneak a photo during the middle of a (fairly quiet) poetry reading. I’d never been to the Music Center Concert Hall at Columbia before, and it’s a nice, intimate space. In addition to Aimee,…