return of Ikea Boy

So I made another trek down to College Park to get some storage furniture: a bookcase, some extra shelving, a bureau, and a TV stand so I can use my coffee table as a coffee table or whatever else I want to use it as.

The extra shelving possibilities were 80 cm or 40 cm. 40 seemed too short for the Ikea bookcases I already have, so I went with the larger size. But I got home and I think what I already have are 60 cm wide, so I'm going to have to find a saw somewhere or give up on this idea.

And let's face it: finding a saw would be more fun.

The divergence paper is close to done and I should finish the draft today or tomorrow, unless I'm really slacking. The FastME paper is nowhere near done, but I'll deal with that later.

And then there's job-hunting. Well, as they say, avoidance isn't only a river in Egypt. I did find a nice possibility at AAAS in Cambridge (Mass, not the poncy place in East Anglia). But I'll treat it as a long shot.

do what to do what to do what to do?

OK, so we're back on target, just like the X-wing pilots at the Death Star.

Topic of the day: work.

Work bores me. I need new work. I need work that is sexier. Need to reach the masses of the world and shine my enlightenment on them.

Or something like that.

The key here is The Mission.

What is The Mission? Well, we'll be coming to that in the next few weeks. It is easier for me to say what the mission is not than what it is. But I think I'm going to have to lay out a Mission Statement , Jerry Maguire-style, to get the engine running a bit.