Recent Events

• Communal drinking really is a good bonding activity.


• I picked up my first scholarship cheque today. Yay money!


• A 10:30 meeting in Watson Hall with other grad students is planned.


• I need to rent a fridge.

The News, and Queen's

Another good thing that I really like about Queen's is the fact that the Kingston Whig-Standard and the Toronto Star are offered free, in racks outside the cafeterias. For a news junkie like myself, this means that I can catch up on local and other affairs as I eat.

Alas, no Globe and Mail.

Russell Smith on Blogs

From the Globe and Mail:

Blogs: Hanging dirty laundry on-line
By RUSSELL SMITH
Wednesday, September 3, 2003 - Page R1

The blog phenomenon is perhaps the strangest side of the Internet. It's stranger even than all the porn. Thousands of unremarkable people are posting their diaries on-line. Sometimes these blogs contain humorous commentary on global current events or local politics.

Sometimes -- and more often -- they contain a list of daily activities. "Went to the post office, managed to do laundry, talked to Jason about Our Relationship . . ." Who do they expect will read them?

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Damn

I just found out that the stuff I didn't take with me to Kingston hasn't made it on the moving truck yet at all, so it'll come next week. Hell, it might come on the 17th at the outside.

Gack.