...where have I been? Out of my brain on the five fifteen
33 thoughts on “May 15, 2011: Inside, Outside”
In a couple hours I walk across a stage, take an empty folder from a university representative, and officially become a grad student.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYhAEjnFqis
congratulations, and best of luck on your next few years of agonizing misery step.
I swallowed pretty hard when I realized this evening that my next step will see me through until at least 2017. On the other hand, I love where I live and the friends I've made here so much that I couldn't bear to have it any other way. And there's a whole new exciting world waiting at the end of this summer.
On the other hand, I love where I live
This is a recipe for 10+ years in grad school. 😉
What I have working for me on that front is that I will be doing everything humanly possible to avoid turning 40 while still in grad school.
except, you know, suicide. Right???
That, or dropping out at age 39 years and 364 days.
Congratulations, indeed.
Thanks, Twayn!
Congrats, CH. I finished my program on Thursday and have just returned to the sovereign nation of Texas. Enjoy the next few years of education and research.
Meat, I hope that a conference finds me down Tejas way at some point. One of the potential windfalls of the next several years might be a chance to meet up and socialize with Citizens I've not had the pleasure of meeting in person. (And thanks, and congrats in return!)
In A couple hours ago I walked across a stage, taketook an empty folder from a university representative, and officially become a graduated student.
Feels good.
Cutting that last tuition check this morning oddly felt really good, too.
I bottled my S.F. homebrew last weekend, and am supposed to wait one more week before its ready.
First time I've added extra hops (Warrior, Amarillo, and Furious Dry Hop Blend) to a batch in secondary fermentation - it grew a 2 inch foam on the top once the hops dissolved.
Am very curious to try out my first taste of this touted midwest meme.
I know the Twins have been bad and the weather has been bad but if anybody is looking to get a cheap ticket to Target Field, this might be your chance. I ended up with $65 tickets for $13 each yesterday. I missed the first inning so it was definitely a buyers' market.
Since August 1992, the lake has risen more than 29 feet. That would be a remarkable increase in nearly any body of water, but in the context of North Dakota's famously flat topography it is extraordinary; here, the rising lake spreads across the land like water spilled on a table. At the lake's current size, a one-foot rise consumes more than 15,000 acres of surrounding land. In 19 years it has grown from roughly 69 square miles to 285, an area about the size of Fort Worth, Texas.
amazing
I would have loved maps. (Much as I loved the maps of the disappearing Aral Sea in National Geographic back in the 90's.)
besides the memory and a hundred bucks, is there a difference between the $199 Xbox 360 and the $299 version? My old original Xbox died the other week and I am looking to finally upgrade. I dont plan on hooking it up to the internet and I only play sports games
Yes, that's the difference. Assuming you can still use your old hard drive, get the one that costs less. If you can't, you'll need the other, because sports games take tons of memory.
Yeah, Microsoft charges a ton for hard drive upgrades. It's ridiculous.
what kind of optical drives do those things take? The Boy's 360 (bought used, since upgraded with hard drive and wifi) has a bad one (CD player?)
I'd be tempted to crack the thing open to replace, if I were confident that I could complete the job (should be easy to hook up, right?) at a reasonable price.
It's just a DVD drive. I'm not so sure if you can easily replace the optical drive, though buying a 360 off ebay that got a RROD might work.
Is the ps3 network still down?
not for me. it appears they started going back online from the coasts in, but good ol' illinois is good to go. just try to log on, then it will send an email to your account to change your password, then you can log in. i watched the game today on my big, beautiful TV instead of a computer monitor. about the only thing about the game that was pretty.
Shecky interviews Mauer. It's actually a decent read, since Shecky sets aside the humor to go back to his beat writer roots when he was actually a good read. I truly don't understand when athletes are actually surprised that fans would expect some return when he signs a mega-deal that could hamstring a franchise for the next decade if he can't live up to it, or at least relatively close.
Made the mistake of reading the comments on this article.
What has frustrated fans and even many in the Twins organization is that Mauer's ailments have been mired in mystery, leading to speculation that he is unwilling to play with pain, a damning accusation regarding someone who says he's determined to remain at the most demanding position in baseball.
You know, because claiming there's no such thing as one of those very injuries doesn't make you a liable party to any of that.
Mauer to Shecky:
We play six, seven days a week. If I'm catching one day and then taking a few off, that's not doing anybody any good.
Uhm, Joe, have you seen our catchers? Each game, one of their Plate appearances is taken away so Ben Revere can PH. Ben Revere of the .316 OPS.
Good work by Souhan to get a lengthy response out of Mauer, poor of him to miss CH's point about his own culpability. As SoCal says, he was a good beat writer. Dang'ol Peter Principle.
In a couple hours I walk across a stage, take an empty folder from a university representative, and officially become a grad student.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYhAEjnFqis
congratulations, and best of luck on your next
few years of agonizing miserystep.I swallowed pretty hard when I realized this evening that my next step will see me through until at least 2017. On the other hand, I love where I live and the friends I've made here so much that I couldn't bear to have it any other way. And there's a whole new exciting world waiting at the end of this summer.
On the other hand, I love where I live
This is a recipe for 10+ years in grad school. 😉
What I have working for me on that front is that I will be doing everything humanly possible to avoid turning 40 while still in grad school.
except, you know, suicide. Right???
That, or dropping out at age 39 years and 364 days.
Congratulations, indeed.
Thanks, Twayn!
Congrats, CH. I finished my program on Thursday and have just returned to the sovereign nation of Texas. Enjoy the next few years of education and research.
Meat, I hope that a conference finds me down Tejas way at some point. One of the potential windfalls of the next several years might be a chance to meet up and socialize with Citizens I've not had the pleasure of meeting in person. (And thanks, and congrats in return!)
Feels good.
Cutting that last tuition check this morning oddly felt really good, too.
Agedum scolarium
Gratias tibi, pictorem.
oh, minnesota, you look better and better to move back to every day.
I bottled my S.F. homebrew last weekend, and am supposed to wait one more week before its ready.
First time I've added extra hops (Warrior, Amarillo, and Furious Dry Hop Blend) to a batch in secondary fermentation - it grew a 2 inch foam on the top once the hops dissolved.
Am very curious to try out my first taste of this touted midwest meme.
I know the Twins have been bad and the weather has been bad but if anybody is looking to get a cheap ticket to Target Field, this might be your chance. I ended up with $65 tickets for $13 each yesterday. I missed the first inning so it was definitely a buyers' market.
The lake that ate NoDak??
amazing
I would have loved maps. (Much as I loved the maps of the disappearing Aral Sea in National Geographic back in the 90's.)
some pics on the repository site.
besides the memory and a hundred bucks, is there a difference between the $199 Xbox 360 and the $299 version? My old original Xbox died the other week and I am looking to finally upgrade. I dont plan on hooking it up to the internet and I only play sports games
Yes, that's the difference. Assuming you can still use your old hard drive, get the one that costs less. If you can't, you'll need the other, because sports games take tons of memory.
Yeah, Microsoft charges a ton for hard drive upgrades. It's ridiculous.
what kind of optical drives do those things take? The Boy's 360 (bought used, since upgraded with hard drive and wifi) has a bad one (CD player?)
I'd be tempted to crack the thing open to replace, if I were confident that I could complete the job (should be easy to hook up, right?) at a reasonable price.
It's just a DVD drive. I'm not so sure if you can easily replace the optical drive, though buying a 360 off ebay that got a RROD might work.
Is the ps3 network still down?
not for me. it appears they started going back online from the coasts in, but good ol' illinois is good to go. just try to log on, then it will send an email to your account to change your password, then you can log in. i watched the game today on my big, beautiful TV instead of a computer monitor. about the only thing about the game that was pretty.
Shecky interviews Mauer. It's actually a decent read, since Shecky sets aside the humor to go back to his beat writer roots when he was actually a good read. I truly don't understand when athletes are actually surprised that fans would expect some return when he signs a mega-deal that could hamstring a franchise for the next decade if he can't live up to it, or at least relatively close.
Made the mistake of reading the comments on this article.
You know, because claiming there's no such thing as one of those very injuries doesn't make you a liable party to any of that.
Mauer to Shecky:
Uhm, Joe, have you seen our catchers? Each game, one of their Plate appearances is taken away so Ben Revere can PH. Ben Revere of the .316 OPS.
Good work by Souhan to get a lengthy response out of Mauer, poor of him to miss CH's point about his own culpability. As SoCal says, he was a good beat writer. Dang'ol Peter Principle.