Make-up day

I took a sick day today in order to fit in doctors appointments and stuff like that. I worked from home in between. Incidentally, it was one year ago today that I began my month-long vacation, most of which was spent in Europe. I had a physical today and the news was good: I am [...]

Lazy Sunday

We slept in. Well, I slept in. Kelly was up at 6:30 in the morning. I get this from her, I don’t remember it. She got hungry and had some toast, and then browsed online for a while before going back to sleep. We finally got up sometime around 9:30. I, for one, slept great. [...]

Dave Mathews Band

We were up fairly early on Saturday and were on the road just after 9 AM. We drove to Tyson’s Corner in order to go to Macy’s to do some in-person registering for the wedding. Macy’s opened at 10 AM and we arrived 15 minutes later. They gave Kelly a “scanner” gun, and armed with [...]

Math is easy, grammar is hard

I’m 135 pages into The Language Instinct and it is utterly fascinating. The general premise is that humans have an innate ability for language, an internally generated grammar that is entirely separate from words. And yet, while I find myself fascinated, I also find myself at the edge of comprehension. The chapter on syntax was [...]

One month and counting

We move to our new place on July 26 so we are officially one month and counting from the big move. There is a lot going on between now and then. Aside from continuing to pack and continuing with wedding-related tasks: We are going to see Dave Matthews in concert on Saturday We have a [...]

Photo shoot

Yesterday evening, Kelly and I drove up to some private gardens in Baltimore for an engagement photo shoot with our wedding photographer. The shoot was a lot of fun. The quality of the sunlight was apparently perfect. The shoot lasted just over half an hour and I gained a solid appreciation of those people who [...]

Wednesday strength training

I did a little more than 2/3rds of a workout today. I just felt weak. Maybe because I didn't really eat beforehand. Today was chest and back and I did a total of 11,445. Not terrible but far from good. Originally published at From the Desk of Jamie Todd Rubin. You can comment here or [...]

Wednesday strength training

I did a little more than 2/3rds of a workout today. I just felt weak. Maybe because I didn’t really eat beforehand. Today was chest and back and I did a total of 11,445. Not terrible but far from good.

Language kick

Most of my books are packed away now, but I left a few sitting around to read between now and the upcoming move. One of those books was Steven Pinker‘s latest, The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Windows into Human Nature. I’ve read Pinker before and this sounded fascinating. I started reading it yesterday [...]

Delivery by invisible hand

When I got home from work last night (and had no power), I found waiting for me a check from the Federal Government for $270 and change, which apparently is my share of the Economic Stimulus Package. According to the treasury’s schedule, I wasn’t expecting this check until next month. It got here early, I [...]

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