Wow, i have been horrible about posting. Needless to say, life has been crazy. Here's a sum-up before I get to the point of the post: *My boss' son has leukemia, so I've more or less taken over the math methods course (hence having no time to post). His son is doing well with the treatments, which is good (obviously).   * I've basically decided I want to do the whole teaching at a small university...

Ok, this entry might be a tad picture heavy, and I can't get the LJ cut to work, although I've tried. So I decided this fall (Sept-ish) that I wanted to make a doily for my mom for Christmas, since I made one for Jordan's mom last year. I have several lace pattern books, and I'd always (well, for the last year or so, since I got the book) wanted to make the pattern "chrysanthemum" (anyone familiar...

Here is a list of the cookies, from left to right on the top row, then bottom row: batman 5th doctor rudolph (optional, since not humanoid) janeway sisko troi superman data spock 4th doctor picard kirk There were lots of good guesses, and I might have to make some of them next year :D The winner is Tabatha, with 6 correct answers! She'll be getting something from me in the mail, just as soon as I...

 Ok, not so much an extravaganza. But still, cookies! This year, due to some time constraints for when I'd be available, I ended up doing just the people cookies, which Laura and I traditionally do up in geeky ways (Laura and Leslie got stuck doing the rest of the cookies, but I think it worked out okay in the end:) Here's the picture, for those who want to guess who they are. (You know, I did this...

 One of my favorite single moments this Thanksgiving was at lunch (our big meal), when we went around and had everyone say a few things they were thankful for. After many "family, being here" and other more sentimental offerings, M. started her list with "chicken."  Saturday was one of my favorite days I've ever had: Jordan and I had a relaxing morning hanging out with each other, then had lunch at...

As I was doing a bit of internet browsing, I saw this ad: A whole 12 lbs, huh? If I lost 12 lbs, I don't think I'd even notice a difference in my appearance. I certainly didn't the last time I gained 12 lbs. Also, this "flab to fab" deal (whatever it is) can apparently transform you from a fat black woman to a slightly-less fat white woman. Amazing!  Argh. Our country's obsession with thinness...

(and by Star Trek I mean The Original Series and The Next Generation, because that's all I've seen) I've been thinking, occasionally, about Star Trek. Mostly about two different topics: one, the classic Kirk vs Picard conundrum, and the other, about the hybrid motif that comes up often in Star Trek. Kirk vs Picard This question could be posed a couple different ways: who would win in a fight? who...

I've had a good year -- I celebrated my first wedding anniversary (which makes me feel much older than actually turning a year older), passed my candidacy exam, wrote my first paper for publication, and generally knit quite a lot. I'm spending my birthday this year hanging out with Laura (while Jordan is being a fabulous son-in-law and helping my parents paint their house).  So far we've watched an...

 I passed my candidacy! *does a happy dance* More details to follow ---------------------------------------------------------- One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. Paul Valéry (1871-1945) French poet and philosopher.

 September is turning out to be a great month for my yarn habit. We (Amy, Laura and me) spent last weekend with my cousin Diane up in Michigan, and she taught us how to card fleece into roving, spin the roving into yarn, how to ply the yarn and set the twist, and how to dye the wool at any of those stages. Because of the rain (hello, Ike!), we were limited to dyeing that could be done indoors, that...