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BizFair

What an interesting day I’ve had! Today was BizFair, a free information fair and seminars for small business owners in Washington. While I am not a business owner (yet!), I do want to be one, so I decided to go … Continue reading

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Five years ago, in a college town far, far away…

Can it really be that five years have passed since I graduated from college? Apparently, since this past weekend was my five-year reunion. I had hoped to be free and clear of Texas by the time it rolled around, but … Continue reading

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Be silent, subconscious

The hardest part of finishing this thesis, I find, is dealing with the new habits my subconscious has developed. Every night as I drift off to sleep, my mind, and then my body, starts to believe I’m lying in my … Continue reading

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Spring cleaning and the Sounders…

… plus a nice little run around Lake Pflugerville this morning. I had to get out of town to find some solitude – silly SXSW has taken over Austin, so it’s impossible to find empty space to go running. Came … Continue reading

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Timing is everything

This never would have bothered me, if it hadn’t happened twice in the same week. I had two people, on entirely separate occasions, make a stink over the fact that I am working towards a Masters degree – they both … Continue reading

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Crunch time!

Here come midterm exams…or rather just ‘exam.’  I only have one that I have to take, but I have to write and give one in the class I am TA-ing, which in some ways is just as much work.  Oy! … Continue reading

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Arctic Blast 2010

I guess this is as close as I’m gonna get to a snow day in Texas.  High temp day before yesterday: 76 degress.  High temp today: 54 degrees.  Yesterday – I guess Texas had some Minnesota envy it needed to … Continue reading

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I suppose I have to

Because today is my birthday, I suppose I must blog about past birthdays, and my expectations for the future, right?  Except that I’m not very interested in writing about that.  Or not specifically.  Mostly I want to brag about the … Continue reading

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Oh, speedskating, how I have missed you!

I loooooove the Olympics.  I am one of those people who hears the fanfare they play on NBC, and it gives me the chills.  I love the random sports that capture everyone’s attention for two weeks, the hype, even the … Continue reading

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Excellent timing

Friday afternoon…what to do with this most relaxed window of time in the whole week…I’d love to start messing around with those hermit crab mittens…if only my yarn had come… Lo and behold, it came!  Got back from classes on … Continue reading

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