HOT DAMNED! I warned the folk about possible delays. Data came in early. But head guy got his data already. Everything worked. I get gold stars for catching the glitch and that the glitch didn't matter!

Yay, sarameg!

Nice going, sara!

Oh, Sue! I have one episode left to listen to in How to Think about Science. I can't swear I was paying attention to every moment, but it has been fascinating so far. I can't believe they dealt with morphogenetic fields--I thought those were sci fi.

Interesting stuff.

20-odd down, 1 to go.

I'm bouncing around the BBC site and subscribing to random things that won't last. But being home most of the day--even the vaunted US TV lineup gets boring once you've watched all of the NCIS/CSI episodes, and L&O is hit and miss.

It's just occurred to me how clumsily I bounded my prime number algorithm in the programming test. I am such an idiot. Someone should take away my Computer Science degree. But I did make sure to tell them I coded for a web-based discussion board, and NSM with the number crunching.

Fruit smoothie:

I would totally name a son of mine Gaël. I love watching him play. His face is so open, it's hard not to get caught up in his emotions. But there's pretty much no one I will root for over Federer. I want him to stack up as many records as possible, and him going for 20 straight Slam semifinals (next highest is 10--commentators opine we won't see the like again in our lifetimes. But they're old) is definitely a record I wanted to see him make. And in the 19 semis he's made, he's won 16 of them. They're talking so much more nicely and awestruckly about him now that Nadal is out (yesterday's news, not today's match).

ita, I listened to them over the fall, so I've forgotten more than I remember about those podcasts but they are always fascinating. David Cayley, always does interesting documentaries for the program Ideas, which is not just about science.

I'll have to look Ideas up in general then. He's very bright and thoughtful. He paraphrases all this confusing stuff very well. String theory indeed.

Thanks for the rec!

I've screwed myself. I booked Clio's tooth extraction for tomorrow, forgetting that it was the season finale of Movie Night. I have been desperately trying to not watch the last episodes of State of Play all week, even though I have the DVDs. Now I think I will miss movie night to tend to Clio. And I have to bring them the DVDs and I haven't seen the last three episodes! I am tempted to stay up very late and watch them.

Ideas: [link] Podcast is on iTunes.

Score!

Oh Kat, I'd find that frustrating as hell. My DH's cousins are getting, not outright resistance, but no support from their parents to pursue college. And both want to, yet they don't do it. Frustrating.

So, where are you thinking of moving?