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Just received the official notice that my PyCon presentation proposal was accepted! I plan on basking in the warm glow of non-rejection for a couple of days, and then commencing forthwith with the stressing out about getting it pulled together in time given all the other insanity of my life.
In other news, Liz and […]

I started poking around the PyCon site today to see if they’d changed the acceptance/rejection date, and after a few moments my eyes strayed up to the site-wide masthead image. “Oh, good,” I thought to myself, “they found a PyCon photo with a woman in it. Oh, and there’s Ian Bicking; hi, Ian!” […]

Dear reality,
Sod off. We’ve quite enjoyed ignoring you this weekend.
Friday: Infinity, bubbles, cheese, and “Galactica”.
Saturday: Sleep, wine tasting, the tasting menu at Nemo.
Sunday: Stayed in bed all day, sleeping, watching movies, sleeping, catching up on Cerebus and Flight, leftover Indian food in our PJ’s, snuggling by the fire and listening to […]

Mike has decided I need an intervention. I’m not allowed to read ANY wine materials through at least Friday night. He thinks I need a break.
*sigh* and just when I got the new Harpers, Wine Biz and Market Watch in the mail.
Also, I have three new dirty words for me. Bison […]

continental.com, you suck! you cancel flights and don’t tell people! luckily i thought to check online BEFORE going to the airport, but really could have used those extra hours of sleep.
errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Mood: exhausted

Update on the goals for this fall:– pass all three of my exams in November in one try, (in the grader Gods hands now!)– turn in one paper, (in the grader Gods hands now!)– pass and stay awake for the first level Master Sommelier class in a few weeks, (DONE!)– have time to enjoy trip […]

viel glück liz.jpg Originally uploaded by mikepirnat.
Liz,
I should know better than to stay up late playing with Photoshop, but…
Here’s a little extra good luck for your exams tomorrow/today!
Go kick some ass, hon!
xoxoxo
Mike

Liz and I took a well-deserved three-day weekend trip to Ann Arbor to celebrate our anniversary a little early. It’s hard to believe that six years of marriage have gone rocketing by so quickly!
Friday night we enjoyed a good wander around downtown Ann Arbor, discovered, to the peril of my credit cards, the Vault […]