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I watch all kinds of movies. Tons of them. Sometimes I get good movies, sometimes they’re mediocre, and sometimes I want to snap the DVD in half and bill Hollywood for my wasted time. Tonight was the kind that makes me want to not only bill Hollywood, but also write to each of the actors…

This evening I was at the grocery store doing my routine shopping for food. WinCo is not home to the trendiest shoppers or the most beautiful people in the tri-cities, but I’m there for the food, which is also not the trendiest or most beautiful, but it is pretty cheap and is basically what I…

Way back in the end of March I posted about the Spiral of Suck. Essentially this is what happens to me on the racquetball courts sometimes when I do something stupid and get mad at myself, initiating a spiral of suckiness that ends with me angry at myself and incapable of hitting the ball. I’d…

This weekend I went with some friends to Ape Caves, next to Mt. St. Helens. Reader’s Digest version: it was awesome. Friday we cut work early (I love flextime) to get prepared. The six of us met at my place to consolidate gear into two cars. We then drove about 4 hours to get to…

The batteries died on my mouse, and I have no more double AAs in the apartment. The odd thing is that it’s not really slowing me down much. Sure, you realize how annoying web sites are when you try to navigate, but other than that, it’s not so bad. Next I think I’ll try taking…

This weekend I went to Las Vegas for the first time. The following is my account of the experience, in as close to chronological order as possible. Thursday, 6/22/06 I left work a few hours early to go over to Carolyn’s lab. She was putting samples through an X-ray crystallography machine, and I got to…

This weekend I went down to Corvallis. I intended to go to see my friend Rachel Becker, who was also visiting Corvallis at the time. I also wanted to see my Corvallis family. The driving itself was uneventful. I did the drive that I had done a thousand times before with as little fanfare as…

There are some days when I accomplish more than I thought I could in a week. There are other days that drag on but lead nowhere. And there are the occasional days when despite my best efforts nothing works and I make negative progress. The trick is to recognize the good days and the bad…

I’ve been thinking lately about hands, and specifically how many contradictory things they are capable of doing. They are at once smooth and rough, capable of gripping slippery objects, yet soft enough to brush lightly. They hold blood in, but will absorb other fluids. In an instant they can be strong enough to break a…

Friday night was amazing, and a true testament to the awesomeness of having friends. It took weeks of planning, but it all came together in a few hours to become a truly cool birthday party. Shortly after 6pm, we started a scavenger hunt. There were two teams of 5. Each team had one hour to…