Unless I’ve missed something, the last of my assignments/final projects has been turned in for the semester and I’m now in a holding pattern to see how the grades all turn out. I just found out that the last two assignments I completed — which, I should note, *combined* took me less total time than …
a CNN junkie confesses
I really didn’t like the first of the new CNN.com commercials I saw the other day, but that was mostly because I find Anderson Cooper to be nearly unbearable as an anchor, and it was one of the ones starring him. Today, though, I was working through my long-neglected gmail inbox and noticed a Slate …
Book recommendations
NPR had some fabulous book recommendations on this morning. Of those mentioned, here are a few I’m now ready to buy & read: Evolution Man, or How I Ate My Father:Human evolution as a kind of domestic situation comedy? Well, Lewis’s yarn–an autobiographical narrative by an ape-man named Ernest–recounts the efforts of Father, the leader …
full of Christmas cheer.
I had a FABULOUS weekend. Here’s why: “Santaland Diaries” was — if this is possible — better this year than last. The Water Tower Theater revamped the set and it was just BRILLIANT, my friends. If you’re in Dallas (or someplace where you can find “Santaland”), you really should make an effort to sample this …
I (apparently) know much about (US) geography.
Curtis’s blog tipped me off to this really fun Geography Quiz, wherein you have to place, via drag-&-drop, US states on a map. I scored an impressive (I think) 92% accuracy, with an average error of 13 miles and total time taken of 266 seconds. Forty-six of my placements were dead-on correct. Not too bad …
warning: sap!
We got a live tree on Sunday, and the other day I finally got the ornaments hung on it. This is one I bought at Target on Sunday. I still feel a little nauseous from the sap. 😉
Cute kitties
I’ve never been a “cat person,” per se, but I’ve always been an animal person (if I had the stomach for it, I could have been a vet!) and find it hard to resist the charms of any animal that snuggles up with me on the couch. Penny and Simon, the two cats who tagged …
Guy
After his opening act finally schlepped off stage (not that she wasn’t good, I was just anxious for Guy to get started!), Guy Forsyth sat down in a chair on the roomy stage at Poor David’s new location in south Dallas last night and proceeded to serenade the room with his fantastic voice and a …
{happy dance}
I get to see Guy Forsyth tonight! Yay!
Finally, it’s time for finals.
Tuesday night, I had due my “big” research paper (7-10 pages, including bibliography) in my political science (presidency) class. It was a mad rush to finish on time — which I did — and thus began my week of “finals” for yet another semester. I was out on campus Tuesday afternoon and this morning, and …