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I’m typing this at work because I don’t really have much else to do. Coming into the building this morning I was greeted by the discovery that my badge no longer works to open doors. Wal-Mart pulled the same trick on my last day. It’s a beautiful Friday – in fact most of the past […] I had an interesting, if brief, conversation today with someone whose job it is to perform economic analyses for the DOE. Essentially he’s scared shitless about “Peak Oil” – the idea that the world has, or soon will, stop its net increase in oil production. The ensuing scenario, as envisioned by yours truly, goes something […] There was a video game in my frozen pizza. Red Baron Ace of the Sky – An Interactive Flight Game. Hey kids, come shoot down Allied warplanes with your old buddy the Red Baron! I got a new tooth this morning. It’s porcelain, so it feels cold. Distinctly unnatural. Anyway, I could only identify two […] I don’t know what’s wrong with people these days. I think maybe it’s that people aren’t supposed to know what they’re missing. Two hundred years ago you worked on your farm. If you were lucky you could buy into some fallacy that there were people in a city you’d never see who were smarter than […] Not a whole lot to say, really. I drove to Purdue this weekend, so I had 15 hours in the car to think about things. Expect a tirade on something or other shortly. Antici… …pation: http://www.fedex.com/cgi-bin/tracking?action=track&language=english&cntry_code=us&initial=x&tracknumbers=9611808047655638592291 Big Bone Lick […] As I was leaving work today I saw a car with a bumper sticker that said “Virginia is for Lovers”. But I misread it and, well, you get the idea. Speaking of bumper stickers, I think I’ve found the one to christen my car: http://www.osamasticker.com/ And the perfect music to which to listen while I’m […] Where to begin? I overslept this morning – always a good start. Went for a run, then to work. Meetings took up about five hours of the day but netted me a free lunch, so that balanced out. I spent the rest of the time researching documents with titles like “Urban Truck Accident Scenario” and […] I had an awesome weekend. Thanks, y’all! Too soon though it came to an end and I found myself back in Tennessee, exhausted and somewhat more poor. My mentor is on vacation this week. I officially have nothing to do. I saw three police cars today. They’re the first I’ve seen in Oak Ridge. Actually, […] It occurs to me that all the things I say (to other people, not to you, dear journal) fall into one of four categories: 1. Mathematics and/or Physics and/or Philosophy 2. Impeccably timed inside jokes 3. Scathing witticisms directed at people I love 4. Social banalities I’m doing a frequency count; the ratio doesn’t look […] I had my first root canal on Monday. It went all right, as far as elective surgery is concerned. My tooth was a little sore for about 24 hours before it exploded in the most inconceivable mind-wrenching pain I’ve ever experienced. I won’t waste electrons by bitching to you en masse. Suffice it to say […] |
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