I think of myself as above celebrity crushes. But that was before I watched Last King of Scotland over at Justin and Angie’s. We were boning up on Oscar nominated movies. James McAvoy is adorable. I thought I’d never seen him before. But I actually have, as Mr. Tumnus in The Chronicles of Narnia 2005. [...]

How irises ‘reveal personalities’
“It seems that the old aphorism that ‘the eyes are the window to the soul’ has some genetic basis.” Phrenology all over again??
(tags: science)

Shiv Sena in no mood for love on Valentine’s
“Valentine’s Day promotes obscene cards and nudity and encourages our youngsters to be publicly affectionate in parks and other places — this is against our ancient civilisation.” Haha :)
(tags: international funny holiday)

So I did my taxes and I’m getting a substantial federal refund. Woohoo! Straight to savings, baby.
I want to take a moment to thank St. Valentine for the weather.
I got to spend his day working from home with the blinds open and the sun streaming in off the bright white snow. It sure beats fluorescent [...]

This weekend was a successful attempt to keep from od-ing on Caesar IV. It was not an easily won battle, but one I had to fight for the sake of my wrists. Caesar IV tricked me into playing in scenario mode — something I’d always avoided with strategy games because I thought free-form sandbox mode [...]

Well, I made an appointment to see a doctor because this RSI thing is freaking scary. Wouldn’t want to get to the point where I couldn’t blog to you all, now would we?
Something I forgot to mention yesterday. Sometimes I like to google missed calls that I don’t recognize. Usually the results are uninformative. But [...]

My stomach has been feeling all woosy and weird. It’s a mystery what caused this, so I choose to blame the dried apricots wrapped in phyllo dough that I ate at Evan’s art show. Absolutely not what I was expecting when I bit into one.
Who does that?
It must be those, because certainly yummy food and [...]

Well, I upgraded to Wordpress 2.1 “Ella”. Everything appears to be working correctly. I thought this would be a lot more difficult!

The Distance Paradox
If telecommuting is so easy, why do we travel for work more than ever?
(tags: working)