Individuals that were born today.

Courtesy of IMBD.com and a few other sources, here are a few who are celebrating birthdays today!

Mischa Barton (22)
Ernest Borgnine (91)
Tatyana Ali (29)
Neil Diamond (67)
Nastassja Kinski (49)
Matthew Lillard (38)
Oral Roberts
Ray Stevens
Aaron Neville
John Bellushi
Yakov Smirnoff
Rob Dibble (44)
Mary Lou Retton (40)
Glaciermom (??)

Poll Results, New Poll, Blog topics

So the results are in, and well, it appears that most people (3 of you) prefer pens. Hopefully you aren't going to be making any mistakes will writing with your instrument of choice there. (That is why I picked pencil, I can erase my mistakes!) Also, someone out there picked a marker, which I must say is very daring, especially if your marker seeps through whatever it is your writing. Not to mention, quite a few markers have large tips.

So, new poll today, and well, I had a few Ideas, but instead of any I actually thought about, I thought I would ask, "What OS (Operating System) do you use on your computer? or What OS would you like to use on your computer (if you especially despise your current one)?

As far as blog topics, nothing really of note has happened. The Patriots are in the Superbowl (yawn!) and that means I guess I must root for the Giants. So, Go G-men. To bad the Vikings sucked it up again at the end of the year. But of course, we knew they would never make the playoffs.

Actually, I'm far more excited about the upcoming MLB season. So go Twins!!!! (And Red Sox, because that is where I'm hoping that Santana gets traded.) Spring Training starts in about a month!

New Year's Resolution: Post More often!

So, at the turn of the new year, I was going to make sure to post more often. Obviously I'm not succeeding. Anyway, life has taken over here in MT.

Holiday season was fun. Glaciermom and I actually watched several DVD's over the vacation. We thoroughly enjoyed Bourne Ultimatum, Transformers, and Live Free or Die hard. Shrek 3 was ok, and I think we were a little tired when watching Surf's up. And of course Harry Potter 5 (which we saw in theaters) was very good. Yup lots of movies. So much in fact, I bought a DVD Home Theater system that is just awesome, even though it isn't the fanciest (or the cheapest).

After a very busy, but good holiday season, life seems to be back on track. In fact, I seem to have just enough free time and energy to do things like read and blog. Until next week that is. The end of 1st semester/2nd quarter is tomorrow. So, I have to grade papers, do grades, clean up lab (hee hee), and other end of the semester goodies. I actually don't have to clean up lab because I'm getting my first lab assistant in 4 years. This student actually wants to clean lab and learn some lab techniques.

In other news, its January here in MT, with no snow, temps closer to 40 than to 30. It's practically fall or spring. I remember growing up and there was snow everywhere. Granted I grew up in the mountains, and now I live on the plains.