Well, I only lasted a year at The College of Literature, Science and the Arts IT Group. Today is my last day, and I started a bit couple days more than a year ago. I really liked the people in my group and other colleagues in the department (hi ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) jss1113), but my role was changing and it was time to go. Next week I start at CAEN at the School of Engineering, also at the University of Michigan. So, no big changes in the location, although I'm really excited about what I'll be doing at CAEN. I'm sure I'll know more about it next week.
The one sad thing about changing jobs is that it means I won't be able to see obleighvious at lunchtime. I'll see how difficult it'll be to at least try to make it down to central campus once a week to meet her for lunch. Also, I'm completely unaware of what kind of lunch places there are on North Campus, so I'm going to have to do some exploring. I hope parking isn't as much of a nightmare as it was on Central Campus.
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Houdini has been hanging out on my lap a lot lately. Both of us are hangin' out in the easy chair.
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Yet again, Fox has NASCAR playing when the Simpsons should be playing, and of course, the TiVo doesn't record it. FOX and NASCAR can die in a fire.
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I saw this on engadget: BUGmodules. Basically, gizmos that plug together like legos to make different gadgets. So cool.
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So, obleighvious and I decided to give the local Trader Joes a try when we went out shopping recently. I kept hearing such raving reviews from friends and colleagues, so I figured it couldn't hurt to try. Boy, was I wrong. The salmon was awful and more expensive than the same product from Meijer, the selection was awful and the whole store was poorly organized. I'm definitely never going back. Fortunately, I tried the local Indian grocery store, and found they had the lentils I wanted.
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20 of your most hated cliches. Actually, they list twenty-three, the top being "at the end of the day", "literally" and "24/7", but then go on to list another twenty hated clichés. I think the "110%" one is my most hated on the list. I used to have a swimming coach who always demanded me to "give 110%."
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I'm actually rather depressed about how bad things are, at least, how the ads on television and posted around town are filled with blatantly wrong ideas about how science works and the facts. The current administration's "War on Science" will probably continue with another Republican president, judging from McCain's speeches. Obama hasn't come out pro-science, but his history has been quite a bit more positive about science and education. Of course, our local ballot has similar silliness.
For example, for Michigan's Proposal 2, most of the ads have said that it'll lead to human cloning research in the state, even though the first thing in the article is "(1) Nothing in this section shall alter Michigan’s current prohibition on human cloning." How much more plain can you be?
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HoudiniWe're adopting a new kitty! The shelter named him "Houdini" because of his escape skills. We're going to pick him up tomorrow.
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If you ever want to get an idea of how most people actually behave, try standing at the checkout line at Walmart for 5 minutes. I was actually impressed by the sheer inanity of the conversations I overheard, and the cluelessness I witnessed during checkout.
The clothes are inexpensive there, though, so I tolerate Walmart.
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Happy Sysadmin Day
For some reason, I was never able to figure out how to schedule this day on the iPhone. There doesn't appear to be a 'last friday of a month' repeated event configuration option.
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So, at around 12:30AM last night, I woke up to a loud clattering sound coming from downstairs, and a hiss/barking sound from outside. I look up to see Kiska intently looking outside from our bedroom window. I didn't recognize the clattering sound, so I went downstairs to check it out. It was Dexter running back and forth behind the vertical blinds we have over the deck sliding doors.
There were at least three Raccoons outside, behind our condo, right under the kitchen windows (and our bedroom windows on the second floor). One of the 'coons was barking at another, probably a territorial dispute. Of course, the cats were going nuts. I think one of them must have been on the deck, right where Dexter likes to watch the birds.
I went downstairs to calm down the cats, and I tried to chase off the raccoons by squirting them with the water bottle and imitating their barking back at them. Eventually, they wandered off.
This afternoon I checked out the area to figure out what they were fighting over, but I didn't see anything. I had noticed some raccoon scat along the side of the house last week, so I'm not surprised they're around, but I don't appreciate being woken up.
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