Happy birthday to me! 28 August 2008 11:18 am
Posted by Tracy in : good news, health, books, eating , 4 commentsHere’s some good news from the browser tabs I should’ve closed a week ago: for the past more than a month, the New York Times health blog, Well, has been reporting about researchers finally publishing some common sense about diets, weight, and health. I hope you all have read about this already, but it’s important enough (and makes me happy enough) that it seems well worth repeating. So here, some birthday gifts of good news: (more…)
Quick hit: More Wordle. 26 August 2008 12:29 pm
Posted by Tracy in : pictures, work, school, meta , add a commentThis one’s based on my del.icio.us tags, and judging by its contents, I think I may need to create a webcomics about food politics and culture. The more I think about it, the more I convince myself that this is an awesome idea. The visuals will be the hard part, but there are some awesome photocomics out there, and hey, maybe I’ll find out for myself whether collage really is the greatest of all the arts. (more…)
Monkey Monday: a little school update. 25 August 2008 8:00 am
Posted by Tracy in : good news, fangirl, geekery, school, Marion Nestle , 1 comment so farSo school starts the first week of September, with orientation type activities the week before that (i.e. starting tomorrow). I’m still trying to figure out the exact details of new grad student fun and games (so far my quest to obtain a student ID have been fruitless) but in the meantime I’ve turned class registration lemons into delicious metaphorical lemonade, I tell you what. (more…)
Monkey Monday: live from New York! 18 August 2008 12:38 pm
Posted by Tracy in : not even vegetarian, New York, tea, monkeys, eating, pictures, cooking , 3 commentsLadies and gentlemonkeys, I am happy to report that New York is still the greatest city on Earth… and now I live here! I’m about to take the A train downtown to jump through some bureaucratic hoops at NYU, but I wanted to rave about my yesterday a bit first. Some of the highlights: (more…)
So, um, no new posts this week and maybe the next. 16 August 2008 7:56 am
Posted by Tracy in : random, travel, news , add a commentWe got the keys to our new apartment yesterday and are about to move over there with a Honda Element-full of suitcases and cats. If you know my cell phone number, that’s the best way to reach me until internet is set up (although hey, I’m in New York now, and there’s wireless even at freaking Burger King, so I should be checking email fairly often.) Whee!
