Quick update: it’s looking like the NSF made it into the stimulus package after all. Good news, but I still don’t think we can relax.

Do you think it’s sad that the greatest achievement of my day is that I managed to move the cat off the carpet and onto the hard kitchen floor before he threw up?

6:10pm Eastern; Just talked to Dan. No change in status. Should be back in SD around 9:30pm Pacific.

I often find myself wondering about/pitying the poor English majors who find themselves paying the bills by writing descriptions for chain restaurant drink menus (or similar ad copy). Today’s example (from a tv ad for… Who writes this stuff?

Article in the San Diego Union Tribune: “For the past 2½ years, Merrie Maino’s cat has been prowling her La Jolla neighborhood and bringing home just about anything he can get his mouth around…. When… Look What the Cat Dragged Home

Sharp knives are a good thing.