Lunas 9, 29.

DIARY

- Last Tuesday was the only uneventful day last week... we watched the final performances for American Idol and determined that it was clear that Jordin would win.
On Wednesday, we went to the Guerrilla Lit reading, followed by the house, on fire. Oh well.
On Thursday, I went to work for a half-day then migrated to the Habana Outpost to study geology for The Silurians, then migrated to Scott and Marco's for some Star Wars role-playing.
On Friday, I sent out a couple emails after Jess left, then headed up to the American Museum of Natural History, again to research the The Silurians. Unfortunately, their Eurypterids were not on display, but I was able to check out the Ostrocanths, and the museum itself is quite extraordinary. The Hall of Biodiversity had an impressive overview of simple organisms (though I think that the arthropods, mollusks, and higher invertebrates were somewhat slighted), and the Rose Center was striking by its very layout. Most powerful, though, were the fossil halls on the fourth floor, laid out not chronologically, but cladistically. It was downright moving. After Jess had finished work, we met in Union Square, grabbed Subway for dinner, and went to see Pirates of the Caribbean (my first impression here). We went home and played a couple dice games before turning in.
On Saturday, I read a bunch of Greek history (for Urbantasm), and that night Jess and I went out to a birthday party for Mike McD at Liesel's. The party was great fun... Amy and Mark and many others were there, with plenty of beer and Jameson's. Liesel has a gorgeous deck with a beautiful bottom-of-a-well view of a blue blue sky. We sat around and drank and talked until about two AM. MTA had reduced hours by then, so we didn't get home until almost four.
- On Sunday we slept in. I did some more reading and went to church, then we met up at Habana Outpost with Barb, her sister Kate, Kate's boyfriend Jacob, and Matt. There was a huge crowd there for a kung fu movie which was projected on the side of the adjacent building, but we went inside to drink mojitos and beer. Later, the sky clouded over and it seemed ready to storm. We said goodbye to Barb, Kate, and Jacob, and walked back home. Jess made lasagna, and we watched the Departed with Matt. Liked the movie, but the ending was lame. Jess and I finally went to bed at two, which was an improvement over the night before.
- Monday we decided to stay in and relax. I did more research for Silurians, and the dishes. Jess made a tomato-bean soup and cornbread, and we watched Jaws. Great movie sez' I. Not very accurate about sharks, though. Finally, I went to bed about one. It's been slightly warm and muggy throughout all this, which makes sense for the onset of summer.

- ALMANAC SAYS -
Today, Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first men to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, 1953.

- HAPPY BIRTHDAY -
John F. Kennedy

- QUOTE OF THE WEEK -
"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."
- Douglas Adams

- QUESTION OF THE DAY -
Assuming you could travel to observe another time and place, where would you go? Let's give you the last billion years to choose from, and anywhere on the terrestrial Earth.

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