Maryland

Posted by Glen in on 30 Apr. 2007, 8:08 pm

I will be in Maryland for part of the weekend (Friday afternoon through Sunday morning). Email me if interested.

Rachel will leaving for Denmark on the same day for three weeks. It’s allegedly, tangentially related to her research. During that time, I am expected to assemble a garage full of raw materials into some tile countertops. Hmmm. I should probably learn how to tile.

  1. Comment from Angela on 2 May. 2007, 9:20 am :

    oh, so you didn’t change your flight! bah!

    it’s alright. let’s hang out! when are you available?

    also this comment thing hates me!!

  2. Comment from Tammy on 2 May. 2007, 9:39 am :

    Call me to make a plan! Call me at work.

  3. Comment from EMBO on 4 May. 2007, 2:21 pm :

    Lucky Rachel and her various trips to Denmark! Let me know if you figure out that tiling business, in case we do move. Anybody want a house in Monrovia?

  4. Comment from Rachel on 7 May. 2007, 5:09 am :

    *Waving to everybody from Denmark* I don’t remember how to log in and make a post, but I just wanted to say hello, or “hej”!

  5. Comment from EMBO on 8 May. 2007, 9:07 am :

    Hi Rachel! We missed you this weekend–we celebrated Cinco de Mayo on the Seis de Mayo with Gwendolyn and some margaritas. :)

  6. Comment from Rachel on 9 May. 2007, 12:29 am :

    I celebrated Seis de Mayo be sleeping 12 hours, having traveled all of Cinco de Mayo. Your way sounds more fun!

Home prices

Posted by Glen in on 4 Apr. 2007, 5:37 pm

This animation is disturbing.

  1. Comment from DAD on 16 Apr. 2007, 4:57 am :

    I hope the Decemberists were not as disturbing. Were they good?

  2. Comment from Glen on 16 Apr. 2007, 4:51 pm :

    They’re always good!

  3. Comment from EMBO on 30 Apr. 2007, 2:36 pm :

    Speaking of homes, your dishes look most excellent in your newly painted cabinets!

Public Education Campaign

Posted by Glen in on 3 Apr. 2007, 7:27 pm

On the off chance that I inherit a media outlet some day, I plan to launch a public reeducation campaign to correct misconceptions that annoy me. For example:

1) Pressure is defined as force per unit area, so please avoid the phrase “pounds of pressure”. Instead, use a less ambiguous phrase such as “psi of pressure” or “pounds of force”. Seriously, I don’t know whether you’re talking about force or pressure.

2) When referring to temperature, please indicate units unless they are obvious. For example, a nature documentary produced in the United States but narrated by a Brit should avoid phrases such as, “They endured temperatures as low as fifty degrees below zero”. Farenheit or Celsius?!

Most of my other public reeducation topics center around the common misconception that it’s acceptable to drive like an ass.