Breaking news: I’m a huge dork

I would have loved to have been at this conference; what an interesting topic!

Now that’s a dealbreaker

My feet are recovering from their blisters, and so it’s time to leap right back on the horse and start looking at shoes. Hope springs eternal that someday I will have a pair of shoes that does not eat my feet alive. I have been grudgingly looking at the wide sized shoes, mostly out of [...]

The grand food traditions of the great cultures of the world march forward

On the menu in the dining hall today: General Tso’s Tofu.

Burn

A little Frances Trollope from some assigned reading for tomorrow; in reviewing American literary production, she turns to a work called The American Comic Annual:
Among the pleasantries of this lively volume are some biting attacks upon us [the English], particularly upon our utter incapacity of speaking English. We really must engage a few American professors, [...]

Tea stymie

I was hoping to buy some milk at the shop downstairs, so that I could have some tea and also some of the cookies I have been hoarding for the purpose. However, all the bottles have the date “March 28″ — this in spite of there being no milk available at all last night. This [...]

Shambles

Treating my wounded feet, I have discovered that there is no Neosporin in my so-called first aid bag. I repeat, I have NO NEOSPORIN. This is very inconvenient, as pretty much my entire game plan when it comes to nursing feet centers on the Neosporin.
Further inspection of the bag reveals that my once-impressive collection of [...]

Spot the theme

Let’s think about books, rather than my blistery feet or my muggy-hot room or my computer which is really hot and for once does not have its little fan on and also refuses to play DVDs.
Hmmm. Thinking about books.
Over the break I began and finished Good-bye, Picadilly: British War Brides in America, which was a [...]

One way to do it

From a Tribune travel article on Zagreb:
One morning, shrieking whistles yanked me out of a deep sleep. They sounded like a thousand cops dealing with an apocalyptic traffic jam. The constant racket drove out all rational thought.
From my room’s window, I couldn’t see the source, but the whistling persisted as I showered and dressed and [...]

Where have you been all my life?

Last night was my last night at home, so we ate dinner at Denny’s and then had an Office Max run to buy me notebooks and a thumbdrive. The drive is a welcome addition to my gadget circle; not only can I back up those frustrating papers, but I can take my thesisy stuff with [...]

My new dream job

Being at home means I’m watching a fair amount of TV with my mom. I don’t ever watch TV normally so it feels like a lot, and it’s mostly HGTV and Travel Channel.
I think someone ought to give me a TV show in which I travel around Europe just visiting museums and highlighting them. I [...]