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- Chicago, Chicago, that toddlin’ town 1 day ago
- @BadAstronomer @Syfy Well, I suppose 6 episodes is better than outright cancellation *cough Stargate Universe cough* 2 days ago
- B+ in BigML. Not that I’m wholly disappointed, but I had a 96 going into the final project. #wat 2 days ago
- @write2run Thank you :) Still waiting on BigML; sounds like it’ll show up tomorrow. 2 days ago
- Got a B in my fluorescence spectroscopy course. Considering the amount of quantum physics involved, I’m perfectly ok with that. 2 days ago
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Category Archives: Real Life
Pope Francis I: Reformer or Maintainer?
Habemus Papam! Yeah, I’m a few (several) weeks late on the announcement. But it’s still momentous for two immediate reasons: First pope from Latin America. First Jesuit pope. As with the election of every new pope (though there have only … Continue reading
My 40-day Facebook reprieve
For the entirety of Lent this year (February 13 – March 30), not once did I log into Facebook. Only once did I post on Twitter, when I was having some Hadoop issues. Totally cold turkey. And you know what? It … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, lolcat, Real Life, The Lady
Tagged facebook, i acknowledge my experience may not be typical, i also acknowledge that facebook sucks, if you do it right lenten resolutions can be absofreakinglutely awesome, lent, moar liek antisocial networking am i rite, or you could be lazy and give up giving things up, poke wars are pretty awesome, social networking
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I’m not dead yet!
Along these lines: This month is a beast. Like marathon training, I have to respect the beast. As such, until May 3 (when the last of my projects is due for the semester), I make no guarantees about the frequency … Continue reading
What I’m not getting for my birthday
The new SimCity game. I played the original SimCity as a kid. I have fond memories of being so hooked on the game that I’d wake up at 4am just so I could get in more gaming time beyond my 1 … Continue reading
From the annals of recent brilliance
I had a conversation with the Danimal the other day that reminded me of a few rather outrageous claims I’d run into of late. It got me thinking about why these claims persist despite their obvious factual shortcomings. After all, … Continue reading
On a reality show about graduate school admissions
This has to be one of the greatest conversations I’ve seen in quite awhile. Yeah, it’s a blatant copy/paste, but it’s glorious. Apologies to the IRL folks I’m quoting. From Google+: Rob: “There could be a TV show about graduate school … Continue reading
Posted in Real Life, Graduate School, random
Tagged fair point about graduate school admissions being bs, i suppose the whole point of reality tv is that it isn't real, if you can't laugh at yourself then get out of grad school brah, lol google+, owned, pwn, pwnd, pwned, there were a lot of spelling and grammar corrections in those quotes
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Birthdays, Weddings, and Publications, oh my!
Yeah, I’ve been slacking on posting again. Which kind of makes my considerations of late to start a running-only blog somewhat premature. It’s difficult to say, though; occasionally I purposely don’t post here because I want to post about something other … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Blogging, Graduate School, lolcat, Real Life, Running, The Lady, Travel
Tagged arizona, birthday parties, freezing rain is literally the best kind of weather and by best i meant worst, george takei, hyatt regency, make sure to say "i don't know!" to lily, naturenaturenaturenaturenaturenaturenaturenaturenaturenaturenaturenature, pittsburgh says "yeah we're not gonna salt the roads because reasons", running in single digits is pretty brutal but not as brutal as freezing rain, seriously we had freezing rain this morning, whoever said you'll need to write for the rest of your life was absolutely correct
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Year in [peer] Review
The WordPress year in review thingy, while somewhat intriguing, is (in my humble opinion) pretty boring. I mean, who really cares about pageviews on the internet? Am I rite? So taking a page from Megan’s post, and a page from … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Graduate School, Holidays, lolcat, Real Life, Running, The Lady, Travel
Tagged air force marathon, am i rite or am i rite, bsec, capstone projects, colorado, danimal and keeley ftw, grumpy cat ftw, i guess this wasn't really much of a review so sue me, joe biden is the man, marine corps marathon, oak ridge national labs, pittsburgh great race, pittsburgh marathon, run ALL the races
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Philly bound!
Tomorrow, The Lady and I make our way to Philadelphia for Sunday’s marathon. If you’re interested in tracking my progress, I’ll be setting up a live tracking link through MapMyRun that will be available on my Twitter, which will be … Continue reading
Posted in Graduate School, Holidays, lolcat, Real Life, Running, the fam, The Lady, Travel
Tagged guinea pigs make everything better, it seems like it's the middle distance folks with no desire to run longer who call me crazy, long distance runners are usually very supportive, non runners are usually very supportive, philadelphia, philadelphia marathon, philly, researchy research, runners rant, the lady will receive a box of driving talent for her birthday
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Secession Petitions
If you follow the site We the People, or any online news outlets, you’ve probably noticed the latest flurry of petitions from states across the Union. They all share a common theme: Peacefully grant the State of [STATE] to withdraw … Continue reading
