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anyone watching the tour de france on oln? i'd like to discuss the big issue of the tour...no, not who will win - lance'll take it, but what do you think of kirstin gum's new hair color....i do believe i'm sweet on her - and she deserves trautwig's place in the booth - or at least a lot more camera time

putting tunes on your ipod is like writing an autobiography - i mean, god forbid, if my ipod is lost or stolen, i want it to give an accurate image of me (like i should care what a thief thinks) - but anyhow - i wouldn't want some stranger thinking i listened to, say, 99 luftballoons or something - as it is, the only potential embarassing track is the darkness - i believe in a thing called love - i hope it is sufficiently obscured among my more rarefied taste...

i gave up on rushdie's book - it is good - he is still a favorite writer, but one of the plot twists i found a bit disturbing - i've decided to try and tackle neal stephenson's baroque cycle - i love stephenson, but the books are massive - hope i can make it...

i can't wait until i receive my diploma - i've finished my masters and ended with a 4.0 - i've also wrapped up a project i've worked on and finished a week long session with high school students about web development. high school students are a different audience to what i am used to - both more frustrating and rewading - i was real happy to see what a few students were able to learn in such a short period. so, anyhow, i really don't have much going - other than the 8 week class i am teaching and an independent study- a few odds and ends - some organizing, then next thing you know, it'll be fall semester...as i put it, i am decompressing...

i ordered a messenger bad and clothes from ll bean - w00t - fancy livin'...