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… 

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… 

Sharp knives are a good thing.