This brief piece on NY Times can be seen from two points of experience: observing others, and then observing yourself. My self-defeating behavior doesn’t feel self-defeating. I can explain quite to my satisfaction why I’m not getting what I want. But observing others closely, it’s so easy to see their self-defeating patterns. But point them… Continue reading Perversely satisfying … sans noses
Month: March 2010
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Got this from my New Scientist eMag. Again, this is consistent with the idea that all “thinking” happens only in our “brain” is very mistaken.
Tax refunds received
Direct deposit to the bank. California and Federal within 2 days of each other. That was quick! Yay!
Time to get gardening (redux)
The seeds are ordered. From Johnny’s Seeds, in Maine! I know, shipping seeds from Maine to California. Silly. But it was the first seed place on the internet that had Kabocha squash seeds. Had them last year because my prof found them growing in his garden from the compost he used. Turns out I like… Continue reading Time to get gardening (redux)
Korbel winery tour
Last Sunday, we took the tour of the Korbel – as in champagne – winery, in Guerneville. Korbel has a few billboards around the area advertising themselves as “voted – the best winery tour”. So, what the heck… The tour is free. They give you some family history of the Korbel brothers who started the… Continue reading Korbel winery tour
Campus protests…
The protest was was promoted as nationwide and at all levels of education – K – 12, college, etc. But at California campuses it was directed at the California cuts to education that are part of the state’s budget mess. Thursday, March 4, was a day to protest. (The local story for the action at… Continue reading Campus protests…
Zits wasn’t kidding
Not too long ago there was a Zits comic strip where Jeremy sits in the back of the car while his parents drive in search of a parking space. He finds a parking space using his smartphone – to the consternation of his parents, of course. But now there’s a story (video) on ZDNet that’s… Continue reading Zits wasn’t kidding
The work environment here….
Sonoma State University has been raided by the FBI, on questions of financial dealings with money obtained from grants from the Federal dept of HHS. Since my position is funded on federal money (from NSF, not HHS), I might wonder if the university has a history of negligence around handling federal grant money it receives. … Continue reading The work environment here….