Category Archives: Random Neat Things

Eep, it’s been a while..

Posted on February 23, 2009 by meg

Where to start?  A lot’s happened since the last post.  I’m still taking 2 classes and working on my Mercury project.  I haven’t gotten past the bug in the code I’m working with, although I feel like I’m getting closer … Continue reading →

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Back from a whirlwind

Posted on July 31, 2008 by meg

After a nightmare trip back from Boston last night, I finally got home at 2am after 6 days away on a semi-vacation.  The first half of it was a true vacation, spending 2 full days in St. Thomas with Shannon … Continue reading →

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Happy 4th of July!

Posted on July 4, 2008 by meg

Did you know that the month of July was named after Julius Caesar in the aftermath of his assassination?  It replaced the month of Quintilus, so named because it was the 5th month of the year then. No parties for … Continue reading →

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Chilling out at home

Posted on June 11, 2008 by meg

I got home Sunday morning after a red-eye flight and stayed up all day to try and get used to the time zone change (which didn’t really work).  It’s been nice to be home and talk to my parents and … Continue reading →

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Words again

Posted on May 29, 2008 by meg

Apparently ‘upliftment’ is a word – sorry. I’m still not entirely convinced, though. The OED lists about 6 references to it throughout the 20th century, each in a magazine: 1926 Brit. Weekly 15 Apr. 46/3 Native women of the educated … Continue reading →

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Office politics

Posted on May 28, 2008 by meg

With the last day of class this year approaching, changes for next year are already being planned.  One of them involves me moving out of my office into the office next door, which I’m not happy about, since I’ve already … Continue reading →

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Made-up words

Posted on May 22, 2008 by meg

Tonight I heard three different made-up words used on TV as if they were real words: “efforting” as a verb, “protectify” being cute in a commercial (I guess), and “upliftment” (I don’t remember the context).  What’s going on?  Also, I … Continue reading →

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I have a passport!

Posted on May 11, 2008 by meg

Finally, I got my act together and applied for a passport.  I don’t know what I’m going to do with it yet, but I do want to plan a trip somewhere after my orals are over for a couple of … Continue reading →

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Some Pictures

Posted on May 6, 2008 by meg

Here are some pictures from my field trip.  I only took a few, and there aren’t any scalebars, so my apologies to the geologists out there =) Kelso Dunes at sunset.  We camped just a few hundred feet away from … Continue reading →

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Where did the weekend go?

Posted on May 5, 2008 by meg

Into neat geology and desert beauty, for the most part.  And also sunburn and muscle aches (the legitimate kind – there was plenty to eat).  It was really fun for a class field trip – no need to frantically write … Continue reading →

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