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Monthly Archives: May 2010

Further adventures of a lady about town

Small adventures: I don’t know what you’re doing for your North American National Holiday (July 1 or 4, depending), but I have vacation plans that will top them all:  somehow, miraculously, I have convinced my dear Gentleman Caller that it is of Utmost Importance that we be in Roswell, New Mexico for the annual UFO Festival. [...]

Really good business ideas that will make me Lady Millionaire, Ph.D.

Because we all know that my only career prospects outside of academia are in entrepreneurship, I have thought of these foolproof business ideas that will make me millions of dollars.  Because it is 1 in the morning I just tried to spell “foolproof” with a ph at the beginning and had to stare at it [...]

VOCABULARY WORD OF THE DAY:

Megavertebrate. I learned this word at the Wild Animal Park, which is where our adventuring took us this fine Sunday mid-morning.  Megavetebrates include rhinos, elephants, and similar.  I learned this word from our safari tour guide, who was loose and fast with the slightly inexplicable metaphors (ie:  ”the Cheetah’s fur is butterscotch and cream”) but [...]