He and his mother starred in a national ad supporting prop 8, as well (when he was still in college).

Here's a really interesting article about "making it" in the tech world as a woman of color: [link] Worth reading.

WTF Colorado weather? I wanted to put the top down on the car yesterday and today we are expeting snow? This storm came from nowhere.

I wanna take vacation all week. Don't care if I don't go anywhere. Just have NO work motivation.

It was kind of like that here too. Quite warm (40s) yesterday and this morning - but temps going down all day today.

I was annoyed that it was 20 when I left the house, but headed to the 40s -- do I wear the warm coat or not?? (I did.)

Okay, finished editing the medical chapter (and now I know more than I ever wanted to about stingray injuries), off to the drug store & grocery store.

... for a sick day, I'm doing too much; would rather spend it napping.

Be glad you're getting a storm, we're looking at another week of the Dreaded Inversion, where it's warmer in the mountains than it is here in the valley because of the cold, smoggy air trapped down here. Yay, grey haze.

Next time, use a strand of uncooked spaghetti to light it.

Wait, does this work for real?? I must try this. We had all kinds of shenanigans trying to light the candle inside our jack-o-lantern this year.

When M told me this morning that Kim Jong-il had died, my first thought (as it always is when I hear about the death of world leaders/statesmen) was "Thank god it wasn't Nelson Mandela." I'm gonna have a hard time when that day comes.

This may be wrong, but I have to share it. (Sorry.) In my job I am in close contact with a certain public affairs/news show. We have monthly meetings that include what will be on in the coming weeks/months. For like six months this year, those meetings included someone saying that the Nelson Mandela profile show was ready to be re-run if he should die. It became a running joke. Which, not something to joke about!

I look like I've been in a fist fight.