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Unanswered Questions from my Summer Job
What's with the background music in LaVerde's?Why am I having to deal with an epidemic of lost door cards and lost keys all of a sudden? In my entire life, I've never lost my keys to an extent that I didn't locate them within an hour.Why are all the little things I need to do taking up so much... Read more...
Published 13 hours ago

Culture Clash
There are some guys from Lebanon in the building. Last time the fire alarm went off they just kept working on whatever they were doing (even though you could hear the sirens of the fire trucks coming). If the building isn't being bombed or otherwise attacked, they just stay put. Read more...
Published 3 days ago

I Can't Believe It's Midweek Already
My phone keeps pleading with me to upgrade its firmware. I may give in soon because she is so cute and charming.I have spent the better part of the past day and a half dealing with the logistics of getting a damn t-shirt ordered. Once upon a time, even before widespread internet, people figured... Read more...
Published 3 days ago

Things Not to Say When Avoiding Conflict with the Natives
Today I witnessed a turf war between graduate students. One of them based his argument on the fact that he had been assigned to that office for the past seven years.I didn't realize you were in the MD-PhD program. Oh, you're not?Seven years? How's your dissertation coming?So did you go up for... Read more...
Published 5 days ago

My Day with the Big Boss
I'm pretty sure that everyone came back from NH ok on the bus. There was a small debate about the count (did we have n or n-1). If we did leave anyone behind, it has to be someone very anti-social and without a cell phone.Today the Big Boss from the Home Office is flying in to survey the scene... Read more...
Published 6 days ago

Greetings from New Hampshire
I have about one bar of wi-fi at the motel.My major accomplishments of today:Getting 95 people on the buses on time for a 8:00 departure. (Sorry number theorists, I said 7:20 even though I knew that we were leaving at 8:00 because I knew that people would be late.)Getting everyone back on the bus... Read more...
Published a week ago

The Interesting People You Meet Around Here
I just got finished talking to a guy who writes software for a toilet snake that runs linux.In other news, I'm compelled to go on a forced vacation to New Hampshire this weekend. Don't you just love going out of town when you could get caught up on your work if you just stayed put? Read more...
Published a week ago

You Know You're Dealing with Number Theorists When…
…upon being told that they need to be somewhere at 7:20am on a Saturday morning, they decide that the best course of action is to stay up all night Friday night. Read more...
Published a week ago

The Next Adventure
Now that "allergic reaction" has cleared up, last night we had (someone else with a) head injury! Read more...
Published a week ago

Things I Learned Today
The number to call for an emergency on the MIT campus is 100.If you use the words "anaphylactic shock" when talking to a dispatcher, help can be there before you make it down to the lobby to let them in.There is never a dull day in my office. Read more...
Published a week ago

A Quote from the Book I'm Reading
Is that bearded, disheveled person, slowly shuffling along the sidewalk, head down, and distracted a homeless person lost in despair? Maybe. But maybe he is a university professor lost in thought about his new book.Decisions and Elections by Donald G. Saari (page 71) Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

A New Week, And I Need to Make a List
Sometime in the next day or so I should bring a bunch of used and un-needed tarps to East Campus. I'm told that EC collects tarps. For what, I'm not sure.From the "Mom! He's looking at me!" files: One of my coworkers likes to do things that make people uncomfortable. Yesterday he insisted on... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago