I finished reading Maria Kelly’s History of the Black Death in Ireland on the bus this morning. One of the author’s main points is that the plague’s effects were not uniform across the population. Continue reading
http://pesn.com/2006/01/01/9600216_Year_in_Review_and_Forecast/
I saw this on Slashdot a while back. I meant to post it at the time but it seems I did not get around to it.
When I got up this morning I thought I would drive downtown, so I could stop by colgaffneyis P.O. Box in SE Minneapolis. I would then get to listen to more of Minnesota Public Radio’s morning show. Started the car. Turned on the radio….they are having a pledge drive. Decided I would rather take the bus and read a book. The book: Continue reading
To mizzlaurajean and davidschroth, for telling us about the rebroadcast of last Sunday’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy. As mia_mcdavid had reported, our VCR failed to record the last part of the episode, and we had not been able to find another recording.
Saturday got off to a relaxed start, as always when Tom is away. We watched The Woodwright’s Shop in the morning. Continue reading
Sunday afternoon I went to a fundraiser for Gaeltacht Minnesota, the local Irish language organization. Continue reading
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 