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^ Me too

Happy Birthday Dom!

conformity = fail

Why use MW over latex? Yuck.

Cool!

Hmm, I think that might be a slam. Years of training from hanging out with Scottish mathematicians.

Spent the day at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute at the top of the hill at UC Berkeley - that was great! Then I decided to walk down the hill to get a good coffee (and was sure I could "beat the rain"). However, half way down, I was caught in a nice big hail/rainstorm and spent 45 minutes at the Botanical Gardens gift store waiting out the storm. I did finally get a coffee and a lovely rainbow to go along with it though. Overall, a pretty good day.

I was able to use the link to get a king room for the 3rd - 6th. Now to try and cancel the other reservation.

Just tried to book a room for Thur. 3rd - Sun. 6th with the link and it won't give me the rate. I guess this is because this page lists the rate as being valid for 4th-6th. Do I need to call to get the rate for the 3rd or has someone been able to get this rate over the web?

Note to self: I must remember to put up the shotgun rack on the Accord before visiting Steve.

Hmm, nobody I know says that. Of course, I don't know many people here who were actually raised in Texas.

I was planning to make another separate reservation for the 3rd-6th and then cancel my first reservation (4th-6th). I don't think there would be any problem with this, right?

Sitting at the airport waiting for my flight to SFO which is delayed for 2 hours. At least I have Wifi through MyTether/Pre.

Just grilled some "grass fed" strip steaks (cooked medium-rare) on the BBQ with mashed potatoes, broccoli and red wine on the side. Good.

Mike, that brisket looks delicious. I may just have to pick up some steak - it is a great day for BBQ - sunny and 62.

I am honored.

Very nice Mike! If you ever get tired of it....

Just got back from seeing "Wonderland: Alice's New Musical Adventure" - meh.

Fantastic.

Yep.

I'll be certain to at least add Thursday night then.

I made my reservations a while ago for Friday and Saturday night. I am wondering if I shouldn't extend my reservation though.

It sucks what they are doing to Conan. It is not the Tonight Show if it is airs at 12:05 and I feel that they would morally be breaching their contract if they were to move it to that time. I have watched Conan on and off since the beginning and although, he can be a bit manic, I think he is a really great "interviewer" (whatever the word should be). On the other hand, I also adore Craig and would love to see him on at a reasonable time (he isn't as quick and good with the interviews as Conan though and couldn't see him ever taking over the Tonight Show). I have never been much of a fan of Leno or Letterman. I feel that Leno is only good for those old boring people... With that said, I will join in with Conan and Al and say fuck you NBC.

^

Sounds nice. I work in low-dimensional topology, mostly 3- and 4-dimensional manifolds and knot theory. Most of my work has an algebraic flavor to it, often looking at (co)homology (with coefficients) modules over some relatively nice non-commutative rings. I also have a few papers with purely group theoretic results which is why I have some familiarity with J. Algebra.