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Not necessarily at the same time, mind you. We were not eating hamsters for dinner. First, the hamsters. We have two. One black and one white. They’re very cute. One has already figured out the wheel. Tomorrow I’m going to help Geeky Boy get some pictures onto his blog and I’ll let him reveal the…

The internet is slow today. Thankfully, not too many blogs to read this morning. A more substantial post is coming. There are two in my head still on science and public interest and credit card debt. Department dinner tonight (Mr. Geeky’s dept.). These are the moments when you wish you had an anonymous blog. I…

I woke up with the headache but took tylenol along with my thyroid medication and the headache is gone. Yay! The sun is shining; the kids are both away and friends’ houses; Mr. Geeky is at the office working. I still don’t feel up for much today and I’m not going to force it. You…

It’s raining and will probably be raining for the rest of the day. I’m relieved, actually. It’s a nice spring rain and it’s sort of nice to be sitting inside, listening to it drip onto the sidewalks and leaves and hear the cars driving by, sprays of water springing up and cascading onto the curb.…

I know this isn’t fair to those who are buried under papers right now, but I’ve been having a blast at work lately. Oh, I’ve had the occasional frustration, like not being able to get the large format printer to cooperate properly, but generally things are going very well. I can hardly believe I wrote…

I’ve been attending some local events–lectures, presentations and whatnot–in addition to hosting my own. Attendence is small at most of them, less than 15 people. Jimbo had mentioned a while back that he was disappointed in attendance at his Big Gorilla sessions. My question is do you think that the increased tenure and promotion requirements…

This is going to be a crazy week; blogging might be light. I am bringing in a speaker this week. I have a writing deadline Sunday. I have multiple personal obligations. I will come up for air next Monday, but I’ll try to stop by. I love everyone’s comments on the health post below. I…

This week, the Journal of the American Medical Association published report showing that overweight people might live longer than underweight people. Really, it’s main point (from my brief reading) is that there were fewer deaths as a result of being overweight than as a result being underweight. For some more detailed quotes and links, go…

Because that’s easier to write about than being fat or promoting science to the public (but those are coming, really!) and because jo(e) asked. Laundry is coming along nicely. Bills are paid (including real estate taxes!). We made a trip shopping yesterday, mostly to get Mr. Geeky some clothes and shoes. We went to a…

What I need to accomplish: Laundry–out the wazooBills–mostly under control, but need to check up on a few—need to check on some leftover tax stuff, but that’s pretty minorWriting–real writing, maybe even at a coffee shop (if Mr. Geeky will lend me his laptop) Then I have several posts in mind: a public science post,…