Archive for June, 2007
I scrine
Have a look. I think about scrining a lot these days, it’s a little like an addiction. What situation am I in that merits one sentence and is still an interesting sentence on its own?
Posted by Marie on June 28th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »what are the chances?
I’m reading a book now about statistical probilities and their application to life. This has historically been one of my favorite areas - trying to find mathematical explanations for what is happening in life. In fact, some time ago I bought a book called “The Mathematics of Sex” — it wasn’t as interesting as it […]
Posted by Marie on June 28th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »this is a lonely life
I’m still travelling a lot for work. I meet a heck of a lot of people on these trips, and sometimes too many. I’m at a conference where all day long I meet new people — it’s like I’m public property. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy it, I like meeting people and trying to […]
Posted by Marie on June 24th, 2007 under Uncategorized | 1 Comment »revisiting the exam in DC
I’ve been to Washington DC quite a few times in my life, for work and for fun. I’m here for work again, and coincidentially staying at the same hotel where I stayed when I was here for the Foreign Service Oral Exam. This means that I passed the written exam and was invited to spend […]
Posted by Marie on June 24th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »a little imagination
One more little thing about my autistic nephew. Well, really it’s more about Ian’s dad Dirk (my friend Kara’s husband). Apparently Ian, at one, was “feeding” his stuffed teddy bears food. Dirk thought something must be wrong with Ian, for him to be imagining that these stuffed animals are like people. Kara told me this, […]
Posted by Marie on June 19th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »talkin bout the car wash
I’ve been interested in reading more about/of Temple Grandin lately. She is probably the most famous autistic person around - she’s highly intelligent and is valuable for being able to describe intelligently what it is like to be autistic. Her latest book is “Unwritten rules of social relationships”, written with two other autistic […]
Posted by Marie on June 18th, 2007 under Uncategorized | 2 Comments »patting the flowers
I still go and hang out with my friend Kara on Friday nights, while her husband is working. Ever since they started dating, years and years ago, I always knew that she was available to hang out with me because her husband has a business that make it imperative that he stay late on Fridays. […]
Posted by Marie on June 16th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »bike to work week
It was bike to work week last week. I biked to work twice, which is no mean feat because since last summer, we moved our offices to the burbs. Now, instead of biking along the lakefront, I bike near the expressway, under other expressways, over rivers on busy streets, and on sidewalks when the streets […]
Posted by Marie on June 16th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »matches in my pocket
Typically I like to buy something useful when I travel, and then whenever I use it I am reminded with a little rush of joy that I bought this particular thing at x. I don’t need to go back to x to experience it again, it is enough to have pleasant thoughts. A short list: […]
Posted by Marie on June 12th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »man-crush
Many of the people I enjoyed hanging out with during the conference last week were systems-technical people. They get together and exchange programming tips and tricks, like how to get reports out of Oracle with complicated SQL queries, etc. Some, of course, are sharper than others, and inspire admiration in the others in the group. […]
Posted by Marie on June 9th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »
- ceiling fan, and baby exercises
- baby competition
- z’s first concert
- yay obama
- my lame halloween costume
- Our little social … human
- I guess time really is money
- starting and stopping work
- talking about breasts
- fresh out of the oven
- my life as a stay-at-home mom
- updated pictures on flickr
- but I do believe in miracles
- our little o negative baby
- blamers and the nuclear family
- his feet look like mine
- pictures on flickr
- new baby in the house
- We just joined the “buy more sh&t” club
- tomato sandwiches
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