11(+) Books to Read This Summer
05.17.2016
Hello beautiful reader! Summer is upon us, and with long sunny days ahead you know you'll be tripping to Powell's to pick up some summer reads. I wanted to make this a regular reading list with a variety of ficiton and nonfiction books, and I realized that 90% of my …
read moreBorrowed From the Boys
05.10.2016
As you've undoubtedly noticed, many products come in both a women's and men's version (i.e. deodorant, socks, haircuts, etc.). IMHO this isn't sexist so much as acknowledgment that men and women are physically different creatures, BUT, sometimes the men-version of a thing is much better (for one reason or …
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Book Review: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
05.9.2016
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl takes the typical cancer story and turns it on it's head. This was another book I started with no expectations, though unlike Brooklyn I was pleasantly surprised. It wasn't inspiring or great or anything, nor does it claim to be. It's a very …
read morePortland Trip: May 2016
05.3.2016
This last weekend Eli and I went to Portland to celebrate his 21st birthday and see Hippocampus at Mississippi Studios.
Friday
Eric, Eli's stepdad drove us from Corvallis to Portland Friday afternoon at great expense of his time. After ~3 hours in the car we went straight to the Baghdad …
Podcasts I Love
04.21.2016
Updated 09-15-2017
The goal of this post is not to enumerate the top 10 podcasts that you already listen to, but to tell you about some lesser-known podcasts that I love. In no particular order:
- Oh No Ross and Carrie -- the show where they don't just report on fringe science …
Beaver Barcamp 16
04.17.2016
The conference everyone waits for all year, BEAVER BARCAMP went down yesterday. This is my third year and final year organizing the unconference, and all was strangely calm. I'm not sure what magical forces to attribute this to, but usually there is a sharp spike in meetings, tasks, and general …
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Book Review: Brooklyn
04.17.2016
All I knew when I picked this book up was that it was made into a movie, and had something to do with a young woman, the early 20th century, and probably Brooklyn, NY. Honestly, even that was too much: I spent much of my time reading it trying to …
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