Category Archives: Department of the Drama

Personal musings.

Brilliant but flawed (and unfortunately fictional)

Posted on May 30, 2007 by cicada

This is so self-indulgent, I have to apologize in advance. But I couldn’t resist posting Lily Burana’s description of the redoubtable, delectable Hugh Laurie in House, M.D.: Constantly described as “brilliant but flawed,” House speaks to the part of us … Continue reading →

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Because you’re curious and smart and bored

Posted on May 24, 2007 by cicada

Good advice. Sometimes I think I should give up trying to plan my life, and just do whatever xkcd says. See the full comic here.

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Breaking up with my laptop

Posted on May 10, 2007 by cicada

I finally acquiesced to the inevitable, and am posting from a new laptop. My Powerbook G4 is still alive, but it makes an intermittent clicking sound like a Japanese beetle, freezes up routinely, and has a battery life of ten … Continue reading →

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The Department of the Drama; or “wasn’t this supposed to be an art blog?”

Posted on May 8, 2007 by cicada

April was a cruel month indeed. I travelled round trip from West Coast to East Coast three times, in three consecutive weeks, with no more than two days between flights. That’s what one does when all the places where one … Continue reading →

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Rockin’ the cat box

Posted on April 27, 2007 by cicada

Yahoo and Gracenote have teamed up to create a searchable database of official song lyrics. I’m shocked that this took so long. Clarifying song lyrics was one of the first satisfying uses I found for the internet. It’s immensely frustrating … Continue reading →

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That’s one way to decide

Posted on April 4, 2007 by cicada

For everyone sleeplessly pondering this right now (or is it just me??) – proof that Harvard is better than Yale. Whew. Glad that’s sorted. Now I can relax and eat some Triscuits.

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The Nesting Instinct

Posted on March 29, 2007 by cicada

It’s been quiet here on the blog lately, because I had to move out of my house. I closed the sale yesterday and filed the last paperwork this morning. I’m emotionally attached to this house – I did most of … Continue reading →

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Dissatisfaction

Posted on March 20, 2007 by cicada

This blog will probably skew a little personal for a week or two, because I’m in the midst of a major career change. The distressing thing is, I’m getting hammered by friends right and left, because I seem “insufficiently excited” … Continue reading →

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Oh look – it’s me

Posted on February 11, 2007 by cicada

Thank you to my long-suffering friends, who have needed the metaphorical SuperSoaker increasingly frequently. I’ll try to limit my obsessive introspection, I promise. I heart xkcd.

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A beginning

Posted on August 24, 2006 by cicada

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a brand-new blog is in desperate need of a topic. (And readers, of course – but you’ve found your way here somehow.) Bioephemera is about the intersection of science – mainly biology – … Continue reading →

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