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Mercury in retrograde. Again.

Well, that explains a lot about why this damned article summary is like pulling teeth. I was starting to worry that my brain just wasn’t used to academic writing anymore. It could be that, but I have a feeling it has more to do with Mercury…

No more staycations.

Thank you all for the kind words and thoughts – we’re making do, even though that was hands-down the most craptastic vacation I’ve ever taken. A recount: Joe died, Jordana and I worked like hell on getting a grant done in time (and did), there was a flying trip to New Haven to see a [...]

5 More Friends

You might have seen the original “Don’t Vote” video on YouTube with Spielberg and DiCaprio, but this one is even better. Because it has Harrison Ford, Borat, and even a semi-sane Tom Cruise. Watch it. And then remember that whatever you do in the voting booth is a secret.
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Photo roundup.

As promised, there were many pictures taken on my vacation. A lot of them were of my knitting. I will get to those on Monday, along with the pictures of my sister-in-law’s birthday necklace. Most of the Florida pictures are nature-oriented, because I have a ton of pictures from the last time I went to [...]

It wasn’t a total loss…

The holidays weren’t all bad. We did get to spend time with the girls, I spent a fair amount of time with Rick, and I got to see Samang’s first brush with Christmas (how to tire a 6 month old baby out: give her five million Christmas presents and a bunch of wrapping paper. She [...]

I heart the holidays

My past three days have involved a 911 call, a trip to the ER with Rick’s mom, a fair amount of time spent at the hospital, a bomb scare at work this morning, and eight calls (and counting) to my office from someone screaming “She’s going to throw a bomb! Die! Die! Explosions!”.
How was your [...]

Christmas miracles.

Some missions were accomplished this weekend. For instance, I got everything wrapped, packed, and shipped that needed to be. And for a pleasant surprise, even though I had six packages to ship (well, four boxes and two padded envelopes), I was in and out of the Kensington Post Office in fifteen minutes which is a [...]

Christmas knitting hits everyone.

How I know it’s crunch time for all knitters – I get a call from Aimee:
Aimee: Hey, did you knit the (some pattern) with (some number of stitches)? Because I’m doing it, and it doesn’t look right. Too small.
Julie: Yeah, I did that. I added 10 stitches to make it bigger. And you have to [...]

Lights on.

Everyone in my neighborhood had the same reaction to the day after Thanksgiving as I did: days too short, nights too long and dark, must decorate. Even if houses were only half decorated on Friday, some lights or decorations were put up. Neighbor Forrest outdid himself and managed to put three giant inflatable light-up things [...]

Grab bag

I biked to work this morning. It was gorgeous, the sun was shining, and it was warm. Now it’s still warm, but overcast. The meteorologists are saying we won’t get rain until late tonight, but after Friday’s botched prediction which left me riding home in the rain, I’m really wondering. If I end up doing [...]