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How Many Have You Read: I tried to read A heartbreaking work of staggering genius. I couldn’t finish it. Too self-indulgent, too many words to get to the point. I made it about half-way through before it returned to the library. Things I Get Jazzed About: Sarah, I can’t wait to see you at your […]

I kinda like this system debugging stuff. Using assumptions like “Greg is almost always right” and approaches like “check the simplest explanation first” I found the root cause and solution to three bugs this afternoon. Ok, this afternoon was about 12 hours, but still, it’s about a week’s worth of normal progress in 12 hours. […]

We’ve had two really productive Saturdays in a row. Last weekend we wanted to go hiking to celebrate the offical end of Brian’s lyme disease (he took the last antibiotic that morning) but Hurricane Noel caused the weather to be steady rain, wind and cold all day, so we turned our energies to the Rumpus […]

Answer: Women in technical business. I’ve been asking some of my Section Leads to answer this question for each person in their group. So, I thought I’d also do the exercise myself. Yes, it may seem obvious. But it still puts me in a happy tizzy to talk with another woman about leading technology development, […]

I am, fortunately, involved in groups that frequently thank their volunteers. Hardly a church council meeting goes by without thanks being expressed for people’s time and insights. The AILG board, on which I’ve been serving for at least 6 years, just received an award from MIT. As Abigail noted, they held a nice dinner with […]

The contents of my trunk at the moment: 6 cans of cocoa 6 rolls of paper towels 4 boxes of herbal tea 4 different flavors of vegan granola bars rice milk (chocolate and regular) 1 large bottle of cinnamon 6 rolls of toilet paper 17 burger-sized portobello mushrooms In addition, I have a food processor, […]

First: The Sox won the AL East today. Almost as good as if they’d done it yesterday (when Dan and I were at the game, and the date I had predicted back in March that they’d clinch. Pretty close though.). Probably even cooler, since Sox fans who witnessed tonight’s win stuck around to watch the […]

Last Friday I had the honor of attending the retirement ceremony for CDR Dean Wilson, US Navy. I have known Dean for about 4 years, since we worked together on a data fusion project for the E-2C. We kept in touch, and to make a long story short, he will be starting to work at […]

We’ve been missing Project Runway. Between Heidi Klum continuing to generate baby Seals and Tim Gunn leaving the Parson’s School to join Liz Claiborne, the show has been on hiatus. We happened onto a preview of Bravo’s new spin-off, Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style, and then watched the first episode. In this format, Tim is […]

Ok, this isn’t a novel title, but I’m not feeling very witty. We didn’t make any big plans for the weekend, but we had a string of fun activities that made for a nice end to the summer season. Friday evening we hosted friends from church for our Natural Church Development kickoff. After enjoying Brian’s […]