I love the silly little things, and I really envy the people who had the time to make this. It’s Mousetrap for Cadbury Creme Eggs.
Happy release day for Jim Butcher’s new Dresden Files book, Turn Coat! And yes, I have it already, and I shall read it…now!
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Of course I’m wearing green.
Author Neil Gaiman on the Colbert Report, because it’s funny:
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So we got another part for the speedvacs today. Unfortunately, this part did just what its doppelganger did: not work. They’ve both got defective circuit boards, which will take weeks to replace. This is not a good omen for the future performance of these units, when two out of the six components fail when they are turned on for the first time. By the installation tech from Ace, no less, who must love us very much to keep coming back and fixing our machines. *headdesk* One day we will have two working speedvacs again. We used to, really…
Check out this amazing video that, as Nathan Bransford put it, shows what it’s like for a writer. Great music and really cool special effects, too:
World Builder from Bruce Branit on Vimeo.
I need to write more.
It is too nice outside today to be in the lab. But that is what I do, so here is where I am 😉
But we will go out for lunch. Huzzah.
For all the other lucky St. Louisans who get to go outside, please don’t forget about Artists Boutique this weekend at the Kirkwood Community Center. Lots of great artists, lots of pretty stuff. Find an Easter present, or a wedding gift. Look for yourself, look for your friends. Support arts in your community. I know times are tough economically–but every little bit helps.
In news of the very nice, my parents got a relatively new Mac–for free. As soon as they get internet I’ll help them kit it out, and my parents will join the Internet Revolution! Hopefully I can help them not be scairt of that shiny piece of tech.
Cheers! Hope it’s a good day for you.
I try not to leave bookmarks in things. Whenever I return books to the library I turn them upside down and flip the pages in case I do forget. This site has a bunch of interesting ones from people who aren’t quite so anal as me…though I think I did manage to lose a story idea in a book and that was quite sad. I’m sure I’ll come up with another one, though 😉
Back from Champaign. Had fun at Leo’s bachelorette party, though I was continually wracked with anxiety because I sort of hate planning. I had more than enough activities, so we didn’t finish hardly anything…you know, eating and drinking (margaritas and other things–pineapple juice, banana rum and cream make quite a nice drink!) seem to take up a lot of time. Hopefully if I’m ever a bridesmaid for someone else I won’t freak out quite so much about it.
Guess I ought to write my toast for the wedding…coming up in three weeks! At least I’ll be doing a little writing…sigh. I keep thinking of ideas, but haven’t gotten them typed up. Last week was hell at work, long days and stressful assays, but hopefully now I’ll have a little less on my shoulders and I can bang something out. Off to groceries!
Because I’m a geek, here’s a list of what I’ve read this year. I’ll keep updating the page all year, so I can finally write one of those “books I’ve read last year” posts when the New Year rolls around again 😉 And if you really wanted to, you could click on the book covers and buy a book from Amazon, and I’ll get a few pennies 😉
Check it out.
Oh, and happy half-birthday to me. Tomorrow it’s off to a bachelorette party! Whoo! Hope I planned enough fun. I probably don’t have to worry…drinks are fun no matter what, and I bet that’s mostly what we’ll do 😉 Huzzah Leo!
Yesterday we received some lab supplies from a local company that obviously recycles. While I’m glad they reuse their old cardboard boxes, imagine opening a package where you expect boxes of glassware and seeing a box labeled “Biscuits aux fruits” (fruit bars). Not quite what was expected. And yes, we did get what we needed. Just in a strangely labeled box.
Also, the exceedingly complicated vcr/dvd-recorder combo that my parents bought because their old one farted out on them will now record. It records in poor quality, but at least it does something when the REC button is pushed. Which is more than what it did the first time I pressed it… I don’t think I’d make a good tech support person. I can usually figure things out on my own, but telling others how to do it is something else. OTOH, my parents really need a computer of their own, and I don’t think I’d mind showing them how to work a new iMac 😉
…of procrastination, that is. See below for a good example of what my life is like (without quite so much going to the store, though)…
Courtesy of my boss, who saw the classified ad…
“Complete set of encyclopedias. Don’t need anymore; got married, and wife knows everything.”
Here’s to learning, eh?
Have a great new year! Have some nian gao and dumplings.