Category: Nerdery
I am spending the next 3 days at Priorities 2012, the biennial conference of the International Society on Priorities in Health Care (ISPHC). From the conference website: The International Society on Priorities in Health Care was formed in 1996 to strengthen the theory and practice of priority setting in health care. It provides the leading international […]
First off, I have to give credit for the title of this blog posting to Cath. I’ve been complaining about my iliotibial (IT) band on The Twitter and, given my challenge of trying to write blog postings that all end in “it!” this month, Cath made the brilliant-as-soon-as-you-hear-but-I-totally-would-not-have-thought-of-it-myself title of “IT it!” The iliotibial band […]
I’m terrible at naming things. When I was a kid, I had a stuffed rabbit named Bunny, a stuffed frog named Froggy, a stuffed dog named Puppy, and a stuffed penguin named Pengy. I’ve taken to naming my iPods and phones after movie/book characters ((e.g., Marla the iPod, Hermoine the Palm Treo, Bellatrix the iPhone)) […]
So my sister brought up a pretty good point in her comment on my blog posting yesterday. I was talking about how I failed to do some sort of concerted physical activity every day in the month of August and my sister, in her great wisdom, reminded me of a conversation we’d just had a […]
Hey, remember that time that I said I was going to do some kind of physical activity every day in August? Apparently I didn’t. I started off strong, with some running and walking and hiking and a few token pushups on days that I spent driving long distances. And then at some point I seem […]
I appear to have signed up for Pinterest. I’ve been resisting this one for a while, as I felt like I needed another place to keep stuff on the Internet like I needed another hole in my head ((As in life, I’m trying to rein in my hoarding tendencies.)). I mean, I’ve got my blog […]
Along the Coquihalla highway, there are a series of signs with the names of Shakespearean characters on them. On the way up to Kelowna, I was all “I’m *totally* going to take photos of those on the way back and post them on my blog because they are awesome!” As it turns out, this was much […]
Hey, remember that time that I said I would blog about some of the stuff I’m reading over my summer holidays and then said that I’d probably not actually get around to doing that? Consider yourself proven wrong, Dr. Beth. Proven wrong long time! Even since the TV series Flashforward was canceled, I’ve wanted to […]
Whenever I’m on the Island, I always go to Serious Coffee ((Again, no association with this company. I just like them!)). It’s a local chain with some pretty decent coffee – both the drip coffee and the espresso-based drinks. Since I am on a workcation ((Working on both homework and on my top secret project!)) […]
By Odin’s beard, how is it August? I mean, really, people. I’m sure it was January about two weeks ago, and now it’s freaking August. Gah! On the plus side, August means two weeks of vacation-y goodness ((With a side of homework.))! But it also means I’m just 5.5 weeks away from being back in […]